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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 does Ben think about while at church Christmas Eve?
(a) About the gifts he will give Mary Anne in the morning.
(b) Sister Loretta's warnings against masturbation.
(c) About Ansley and how to break her up with Jim Don.
(d) What he will get in his presents the following morning.

2. What does Sammy plan to do with the knowledge of what he saw at lover's lane?
(a) Tell the local newspaper reporter.
(b) Call Junior's mother.
(c) Blackmail Junior.
(d) Tell the local police.

3. What does Mary Anne tell Ben after dinner the night of the prom?
(a) That she has considered suicide.
(b) That she wishes Bull would go away.
(c) That she loves Ben.
(d) That she is in love with a soldier.

4. What does Ben say to Bull when he goes to bring him home?
(a) I love you.
(b) You're a bad father.
(c) I wish you were dead.
(d) I hate you.

5. Who tells Lillian about Bull's plane crash?
(a) Varney.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Hedgepath.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to watch Ben in the try outs?

2. How does Toomer plan to protect himself?

3. What does Ben think about Mr. Loring's teaching style?

4. What does Sammy confide to Ben about his date?

5. Why does Bull go for a night flight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ben say to his father while taking him home after a night of drinking and fighting?

2. Why is Arrabelle frightened for Toomer in the aftermath of the rape?

3. What is the significance of the story Mary Anne tells on Christmas Eve as the family waits for Bull to get ready for church?

4. Why does Bull restrict what Ben can eat on game day?

5. What is significant about the sexual discussions in the locker room?

6. Who instructs the male students on sex during catechism? Why?

7. How is Mr. Loring different from the teachers Ben is used to? How does Ben feel about Mr. Loring?

8. Ben teases Mary Anne about how much he will miss her when he goes to college. What does this say about their relationship?

9. Who is Junior Palmer?

10. Why does Bull agree to have one his men beat up a man in another squadron? What does this say about Bull's character?

(see the answer keys)

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