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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 game does Ben challenge Bull to?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

2. What type of man does Bull claim he respects the most?
(a) The type of man who is large and can win any fight.
(b) The type of man who fights for what he has.
(c) The type of man who flies without a parachute.
(d) The type of man who gives up without trying.

3. Why does someone throw a shot put ball at Bull?
(a) It is an accident.
(b) To hurt him.
(c) The children are angry with Bull.
(d) They are playing a war game.

4. Who does Ben walk the halls with the first few weeks of school?
(a) Karen.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) Toomer.
(d) Matt.

5. Where does Ben spend dinner after the basketball game?
(a) With his family.
(b) At a friend's house.
(c) At Toomer's.
(d) In his room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poor choice in men does Ben criticize?

2. Who does Ansley leave Ben to hang out with?

3. Who is Red Pettus?

4. Why does Bull become a regular at the diner?

5. What is surprising about the house the Meechams are to live in this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary Anne throw at Bull?

2. Why does a Naval officer threaten to file a conduct report against Bull?

3. What is the significance of the Marine Corps Hymn to Bull? To the Meecham children?

4. How does Bull react when he loses the basketball game against Ben?

5. What does Lillian tell Ben that brings him to tears?

6. In Chapter 8, what does Lillian congratulate Bull for doing? Why?

7. On the first day of school, who goads Ben into fighting with Red Pettus? Why?

8. Why does Lillian defend Bull?

9. Why does Bull begin having breakfast at Hobie's Grill?

10. Why does Bull want Ben to date Ansley Matthews? How does Ben feel about this date?

(see the answer keys)

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