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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the upperclassmen at Bremmer High relish?
(a) Putting freshmen in trash cans.
(b) Terrorizing freshman with teacher horror stories.
(c) Hazing the younger boys.
(d) Leaving for lunch.

2. In what region is Eddie's high school located?
(a) Southside Chicago.
(b) East Memphis.
(c) Westside Chicago.
(d) West Memphis.

3. What are athletes considered to be at Bremmer High?
(a) The best in school.
(b) Over rated.
(c) The highest rung clique.
(d) The most desired clique.

4. What does Bippo receive after playing in the homecoming game?
(a) Homecoming King.
(b) Team captain.
(c) Best all-around player.
(d) The MVP award.

5. Who does not take physical education at Bremmer High?
(a) Fat and ugly boys.
(b) Athletes.
(c) The geeks.
(d) Girls.

6. What does the vignette, in Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak, speak to?
(a) How Eddie is with his sister.
(b) How Eddie is sentimental.
(c) Normal sibling rivaly and jealousy.
(d) How Eddie treats his sister.

7. What are mixers?
(a) A party for adults.
(b) Friday night social events held in church basements or school gyms.
(c) A drink.
(d) Something used in the kitchen.

8. Where does the real power lie at Bremmer High?
(a) With the rebels.
(b) With the geeks.
(c) With the fat and ugly kids.
(d) With the athletes.

9. Today, how old are the people who experienced the time period Powers describes in Chapter 3, Catholic Girls?
(a) In their eighties.
(b) In their sixties.
(c) In their seventies.
(d) In their fifties.

10. In Chapter 4, The Beautiful World of Richard Bobbo, how does Eddie sometimes feel, regardless of his physical appearance?
(a) Tall and gangly.
(b) Short and round.
(c) Pimply and disgusting.
(d) Fat and ugly.

11. Who comprises the second highest rung clique?
(a) The independents.
(b) The nice guys.
(c) The tough guys.
(d) The clean guys.

12. Who are the Catholic boys never supposed to associate with?
(a) Non Catholic boys.
(b) Catholic girls.
(c) Public school children.
(d) Public girls.

13. Who are the Catholic boys supposed to set a good example for?
(a) The freshmen grils.
(b) The grammar school boys.
(c) The publics.
(d) The girls.

14. How many blocks away does Una live from Eddie?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

15. Who runs the high school Eddie chooses to attend?
(a) The Sisters of St. Bremmer Order.
(b) The Brothers of Belmount.
(c) The Brothers of Emerson Whitman.
(d) The Brothers of St. Bremmer Order.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Eddie witness the horrors of being a teenager?

2. Who does Bippo get into a fight with one day after school, in Chapter 7, Bippo?

3. What is Bobbo supposed to do for everyone else after PE is over?

4. Which grammar school does Eddie attend?

5. How does Eddie feel about going to high school?

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