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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. Why does Sammy bring a date to Ben's house?
(a) To ask Ben's advice.
(b) To invite Ben and Mary Anne to the movies.
(c) To ask for money.
(d) To show off his date.

2. Who takes Bull's role in the family after his death?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) Ben.
(d) Lillian.

3. Whom do the Meechams have to wait on Christmas Eve?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Bull.
(c) Matthew.
(d) Ben.

4. What song does Bull come home singing after Mess Night?
(a) Deck the Halls.
(b) Silent Night.
(c) Sweet Home Alabama.
(d) The Marine Corps Hymn.

5. Who does Ben help to his feet during his first basketball game?
(a) Pinky.
(b) Art Ballard.
(c) Jim Don Cooper.
(d) An opposing player.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ben and Mary Anne go for dinner?

2. What story does Mary Anne tell the kids while waiting to go to church on Christmas Eve?

3. Why is Bull excited about Ben's next basketball game?

4. What does Mr. Loring tease Ben about?

5. Who tells Lillian about Bull's plane crash?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does being Jewish affect Sammy?

2. Why is Ben the only one held after Sammy and Ben are arrested attempting to blackmail Junior?

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

4. Who is Junior Palmer?

5. Why does Ben injure a player from the opposing team during a basketball game?

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

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

8. What is Mess Night? What does it mean for the Meecham family?

9. Why does Mary Anne call the bar where Bull and his squadron are drinking together, pretending to be Lillian?

10. Why does Ben invite Mary Anne to the prom?

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