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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Uncool (pgs. 57-64).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toby's mother do when she feels guilty about how he is treated?
(a) Justifies his treatment by saying, "That's the way life is."
(b) Tries to buy his affection.
(c) Tells him how much she loves him.
(d) Promises she will try to change.

2. What do Toby and his mother do during the evenings?
(a) They go for walks and fantasize about buying houses.
(b) Toby's mother helps him with his schoolwork.
(c) They have dinner at a local church.
(d) Toby's mother flirts with the landlord while Toby is left alone.

3. Why does Rosemary continue to make bad choices?
(a) She will not see things for what they are.
(b) She is lazy.
(c) She believes her actions have no consequences.
(d) She has no confidence in herself.

4. What prompts Toby to convince his mother to buy him souvenirs?
(a) His mother secures a job that pays well.
(b) Toby discovers he has lost all his toys in their move.
(c) Toby witnesses a truck drive over a cliff.
(d) Toby is taunted by other children and feels snubbed.

5. What does Toby's mother believe she will get a job doing in Utah?
(a) Managing a hotel.
(b) Waitressing.
(c) Mining uranium.
(d) Teaching.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sins does Toby not include in his baptism confession?

2. What do Rosemary and Toby do when they leave the West Seattle apartment?

3. What is the condition under which Toby's mother agrees to let him change his name?

4. When Toby's mother was little, she rode in a parade float called the "End of the Rainbow." What does this suggest about Toby's mother?

5. Where do Toby and his mother settle?

(see the answer key)

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