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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Richard's plane?
(a) Daisy.
(b) Suzette.
(c) Lily.
(d) Bette.

2. Dickie leaves Richard without _______________.
(a) saying goodbye.
(b) leaving an address.
(c) apologizing to him.
(d) telling him he loves him.

3. Who changes Dickie's name to Dick after the death of his brother?
(a) His Boy Scout leader.
(b) Dickie.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

4. As Dickie and Richard walk up a hill, Richard tells Dickie that he does not believe in _________________.
(a) love.
(b) illness.
(c) destiny.
(d) ghosts.

5. Richard suggest to Dickie that Dickie should run away from __________________.
(a) greed.
(b) gangs.
(c) safety.
(d) drugs.

6. What is Richard doing at the beginning of Chapter 30?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Watching the news.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Reading a book.

7. Richard tells Dickie that there are consequences of what he chooses to ________________.
(a) sing.
(b) sculpt.
(c) write.
(d) paint.

8. Dickie is always in search of _________________.
(a) money.
(b) security.
(c) girls.
(d) excitement.

9. What does Richard notice about the land that Dickie brought Richard to in his mind?
(a) Tall trees are growing everywhere.
(b) There is grass and signs of other growth.
(c) It looks as if it has been burned.
(d) There are flowers covering the earth.

10. Richard tries to explain space-time to Dickie as if he were a/an _______________________.
(a) philosopher.
(b) quantum mechanic.
(c) astronaut.
(d) psychiatrist.

11. Richard tells Dickie that Dickie should become __________________.
(a) a ruler of his own choice.
(b) a celebrity.
(c) a philanthropist.
(d) a local politician.

12. What state does Richard live in in this memory?
(a) California.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Florida.
(d) Wisconsin.

13. What does Richard decide after Dickie leaves?
(a) He will miss him forever.
(b) He has more time now.
(c) He is less of a person now.
(d) He enjoys being a teacher.

14. What does Richard tell Dickie that Bobby's death meant to Richard?
(a) It meant that he got a bigger bedroom.
(b) It meant that he was on his own.
(c) It meant that he was pitied at school.
(d) It meant that he got more Christmas gifts.

15. In Chapter 21, Richard tells Leslie about a memory he has from what grade in school?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important principle that Richard tries to convey to Dickie?

2. Dickie is fearful of death and _______________________.

3. What name does Richard give the item in #134?

4. In Chapter 38, Richard realizes that Dickie has become more of a/an _______________ than a lost inner child.

5. According to Richard, having a wife who is ________________ will make him a better person.

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