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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sideshow boy doing while viewers stop by to see him?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Eating a pizza.
(c) Watching TV.
(d) Talking to them.

2. Why do the children stay in line instead of going to eat?
(a) There's nothing good to eat.
(b) Because no one ever stays in Antler very long. They didn't want to miss the show.
(c) They don't have enough money to eat, plus see the sideshow.
(d) They don't want to lose their place in line.

3. What does Cal think Zachary is lying about in Chapter 7?
(a) How he got all his baseball cards.
(b) Being baptised.
(c) Weighing 600 lbs.
(d) Having a girlfriend.

4. Where does the sideshow trailer stop when it rolls into town?
(a) The library.
(b) Antler post office.
(c) The school parking lot.
(d) Diary Maid parking lot.

5. How does Toby sign the letter he writes in Chapter 8?
(a) Cal.
(b) Toby.
(c) Love, Your Brother.
(d) Your secret admirer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Toby and Cal go to see all of Antler?

2. What kind of walls block off the sideshow boy from the visitors?

3. Where does Cal live?

4. Who encourages Cal to write a letter?

5. What skill was Juan teaching Scarlett that Toby does not have?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the letter from Wayne that Cal reads to Toby on top of the bowling alley, what does Wayne write about?

2. What is ironic about Cal and Toby chasing taunting fourth graders away from Zachary's trailer?

3. What is the town rumor about Miss Myrtie Mae?

4. When Toby finally reads the letter from his mom in Chapter 11, what does he learn?

5. Other than the emotional attachment Toby has with his mother, why does he miss her so much?

6. What questions does Cal ask Zachary the first time he meets him?

7. Why does Cal always get up so early?

8. As Toby and Scarlett swing on her front porch, what does Scarlett talk about?

9. What is unusual about the letter Toby writes in Chapter 8?

10. What is humorous about Toby and Cal yelling names at the town bully in Chapter 4?

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