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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pearl worry about concerning Boaz?
(a) He might be on drugs.
(b) He won't go to college now.
(c) He might be suicidal.
(d) He will move away from the family.

2. Who comes to dinner?
(a) Zim
(b) No one
(c) Dov
(d) Pearl

3. What does Levi hear coming from Boaz's room late at night?
(a) Hoarse screams
(b) A girl's voice
(c) The T.V.
(d) Boaz talking on the phone

4. What does Levi tell his mother Boaz may need?
(a) His own place
(b) A kick in the pants
(c) A psychiatrist
(d) More time

5. What does Levi try to do after the movie?
(a) Avoid Christina
(b) Sneak in for a second showing
(c) Meet up with Christina
(d) Talk to Christina's younger sister who Levi likes

6. What does Levi notice all over Boaz's room when he goes into the room?
(a) Pictures of Christina
(b) Pictures of war
(c) The walls are stripped bare
(d) Maps

7. Why are there no banners, champagne or cake when Levi gets home?
(a) Boaz has been involuntarily retained in the Army.
(b) Boaz has decided to go to his fiancee's home first.
(c) Boaz has called and said he is not coming.
(d) His mother is afraid to celebrate yet.

8. What does Levi think Boaz may be doing?
(a) Trying to gain sympathy
(b) Waiting out his family
(c) Trying to heal himself
(d) Planning something

9. What do the Goldblatts do when Pearl is eleven months old?
(a) Adopt Pearl
(b) Move to Boston
(c) Change citizenship
(d) Decide to raise Pearl as a Catholic

10. What does Levi suggest Christina do?
(a) Call Boaz on the phone
(b) Bring Boaz's best friend from high school over
(c) Come by and convince him to go somewhere
(d) Stay away a while longer

11. Who does Levi usually meet with to compare homework?
(a) No one
(b) Joshua
(c) Zim
(d) Pearl

12. What kind of relationship did Boaz and his mother used to have?
(a) Affectionate
(b) Rocky
(c) Aloof
(d) Guarded

13. What does Levi tell his friends about Boaz?
(a) Boaz is suffering from PTSD.
(b) All Boaz does is look up maps on the internet.
(c) Boaz is seeing a psychiatrist.
(d) Boaz has broken up with Christine.

14. What did Levi do as a little boy when he would wake during the night?
(a) Tell himself stories
(b) Nothing; Levi was a really sound sleeper.
(c) Crawl in bed with his parents
(d) Cry until his mother came into his room

15. What time does Boaz head back up to this room?
(a) 9:00
(b) While everyone is still eating
(c) 10:00
(d) 7:30

Short Answer Questions

1. What nicknamed had Amanda once given Boaz?

2. What tattoo does Christina have on her ankle?

3. What does Pearl say to comfort Levi about Boaz?

4. Why is Amanda upset at Levi regarding the reason she goes in to see the principal?

5. When does Amanda begin attending synagogue on a regular basis?

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