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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following were NOT examples of places Catholic boys tried to touch girls?
(a) A drive-in.
(b) An amusement park.
(c) A party.
(d) A school dance.

2. How does Eddie perceive graduation?
(a) The end to one chapter in his life.
(b) Like a sporting event.
(c) Like a "McDonald's event."
(d) Like Mass.

3. What is the primary purpose of sex, according to Chapter 11, Retreat, Retreat?
(a) Fulfill desire.
(b) Procreation.
(c) There is no purpose.
(d) Pleasure.

4. What usually involves time to get a Catholic girl to do?
(a) To hold hands.
(b) To go on a date.
(c) To make out in a movie theatre.
(d) To neck.

5. Where does Eddie go to warm up, while he is out wandering aimlessly during the sock hop?
(a) Tim's.
(b) Felix's.
(c) Tom's.
(d) Una's.

6. Who is the history teacher that cannot control his classroom?
(a) Mr. Blair.
(b) Mr. Purity.
(c) Brother Sens.
(d) Brother Well.

7. What does Eddie not tell his family?
(a) That he had no money for the dance.
(b) That he and Una broke up.
(c) That he hates winter.
(d) That Monica cancelled.

8. What does Eddie, as an adult, realize about Mr. Kascher?
(a) He cared about his students.
(b) He did drugs.
(c) He was a bad teacher.
(d) He was the only good teacher.

9. What stage is Eddie and Una's relationship in, during Chapter 15, The Jolly Season?
(a) Towards the end.
(b) Off.
(c) On.
(d) Early.

10. What does the Catholic Church want to control strictly in the 1950s and 1960s?
(a) Its beliefs.
(b) Its sacredness.
(c) Its religious views.
(d) Its "flock."

11. What is mandatory for students to attend in all Catholic schools?
(a) Confession.
(b) Religion classes.
(c) Purity.
(d) To not date.

12. Who does Eddie sell his first car to?
(a) Tim.
(b) Bippo.
(c) A boy in his neighborhood.
(d) Felix.

13. What does Eddie look at as he reflects his years at high school?
(a) His friends.
(b) His class ring.
(c) His graduation robe.
(d) The speaker.

14. What does the author discuss is every boy's dream to own?
(a) A gun.
(b) A house.
(c) A car.
(d) A motorcycle.

15. What fascination wanes with Eddie, in Chapter 15, The Jolly Season?
(a) Fourth of July.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie place on Una's pillow, at the end of Chapter 15, The Jolly Season?

2. Which teachers are always young and badly paid, according to Chapter 9, Among Others, Smooth Eddie.

3. What is subordinated to one's sex drive, in Chapter 11, Retreat, Retreat?

4. What is Eddie's attitude during graduation?

5. Who is Felix's "easy" date?

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