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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Henry's family come to America?
(a) It is not explained.
(b) To escape debts in Germany.
(c) To live near his relatives who had already moved to America.
(d) To avoid prison for his father.

2. What does Mr. Knox ask Henry?
(a) If his parents beat him
(b) If he is tough
(c) If he likes girls
(d) If he is mean

3. In what year did Henry's memory take place?
(a) 1900
(b) 1940
(c) 1910
(d) 1922

4. Why didn't Henry open the sealed note from the principal?
(a) Afraid of being beaten
(b) No desire
(c) Forgot about the note
(d) Lost the note

5. What does Henry say gives him the courage to fight harder when the bigger boys try to take the football away from him and Red?
(a) Henry's father watching
(b) Desire to get the football back
(c) Their howls of pain
(d) Red's courage facing bigger kids

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry says boys from his school take their beatings?

2. When does Big Henry begin making his rounds to collect money?

3. Which of the characters stands up for Henry when a boy tries to beat him up and causes the boy to run away crying?

4. What punishment does Henry get from his father when he brings home the note from the principal?

5. What does Henry's father do when he arrives at the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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