1. What was the name of the principal at the narrator's junior high school?
(a) Mr. Virgil.
(b) Mr. Mautz.
(c) Mr. Lemry.
(d) Mr. Crossley.

2. How many total swimmers (boys and girls) are on the school's swim team?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Ten.

3. When Mr. Mautz barges into Lemry's class the day after Brittain melts down in class, what does Mr. Mautz tell the class?
(a) That Brittain tried to kill himself.
(b) That Brittain ran away.
(c) That Brittain withdrew from the class.
(d) That Brittain dropped out of school.

4. According to what Dale remembers Sarah Byrnes saying about her mother, what did her mother always want to be?
(a) A musician.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A talent scout.
(d) A dancer.

5. According to Ms. Lemry during the abortion discussion, what is Ellerby prone to?
(a) Inaccuracy.
(b) Passion.
(c) Exaggeration.
(d) Hyperbole.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the story opens, the narrator is describing when his father left his mother. At that time, how much longer did the narrator still have in the "darkroom"?

2. When Sarah Byrnes finally begins to talk to Moby at the hospital, how long has it been since she was burned by her father?

3. What is Mr. Mautz in charge of at the school?

4. As Sarah Byrnes' visitor is leaving in Chapter 6, what does her visitor ask Moby?

5. Where did Moby and Ellerby first meet?

(see the answer key)

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