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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8, Mixers, Bippo, Una.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens, in Chapter 4, The Beautiful World of Richard Bobbo, that embarrasses Bert?
(a) He tries to leap through the opening of the locked cage and gets stuck.
(b) He falls mid-court in a game.
(c) Bobbo punches his jaw.
(d) He is towel-less in front of the whole school.

2. What looms large in the religion's section of "don'ts"?
(a) Sex.
(b) Kissing.
(c) Girls.
(d) Movies.

3. What is deemed a mark of maturity in children, according to Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak?
(a) Music lessons.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Singing.
(d) Gymnastics.

4. What makes Eddie saddened by his task, in Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak?
(a) He would miss it occupying its place on the wall.
(b) That the piano was once cherished by someone who is now in a nursing home.
(c) He loved playing it.
(d) He loved listening to his sister play it.

5. Who is the filth fiend in Chapter 1, Ready?
(a) Felicia Linds.
(b) Felix Lindsey.
(c) Lindy Flesh.
(d) Felix Linder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the author NOT mention Eddie experiencing as a teenager?

2. What are women prohibited from being in the Catholic Church during the 1950s and 1960s?

3. Who is Dolores Crosley?

4. Today, how old are the people who experienced the time period Powers describes in Chapter 3, Catholic Girls?

5. What is Eddie's task, in Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak?

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