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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 disease does Eddie have at the end of Chapter 1, Ready?
(a) Mono.
(b) TMJ.
(c) Osgood-Schlotter's Disease.
(d) TB.

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

3. What two things do adolescent boys constantly think only?
(a) Sex and food.
(b) Money and girls.
(c) Sex and money.
(d) Food and money.

4. Which of the following does the author NOT mention Eddie experiencing as a teenager?
(a) Dandruff.
(b) Body odor.
(c) Pimples.
(d) Interest in girls.

5. What is the worst insult one could get at Bremmer High?
(a) Being elected worst student.
(b) Being elected student body president.
(c) Being elected class clown.
(d) Being elected prayer captain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Eddie begin to see the Catholic religion in Chapter 3, Catholic Girls?

3. What is Eddie and Una's relationship marked by?

4. What happens, in Chapter 4, The Beautiful World of Richard Bobbo, that embarrasses Bert?

5. What does Eddie's older sister tell him about the piano?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss what Chapter 4, The Beautiful World of Richard Bobbo describes.

2. Describe what Eddie is anticipating, at the beginning of Do Black Patent-leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?.

3. Describe Eddie's grades after his first few months at Bremmer.

4. Describe the safest type of dating, according to the Catholic Church in the 1950s and 1960s.

5. What is the worst insult a boy could get at Bremmer?

6. What does the vignette of Eddie and his sister suggest?

7. Discuss the types of dress that displeases God, according to Chapter 3, Catholic Girls.

8. What is given to place students in the appropriate course level?

9. Discuss what music lessons meant for children, according to Chapter 5, My Sister was a Piano Freak.

10. What does Una represent for most adolescent boys?

(see the answer keys)

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