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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following homophones did Henry's father use in a joke?
(a) Carrot and caret
(b) Flower and flour
(c) Pee and pea
(d) Bear and bare

2. What do Frank and Henry continue to exchange after Frank moves away?
(a) Drawings
(b) Letters
(c) Stories
(d) Toys

3. How do Frank and Henry get to the airshow?
(a) Train
(b) Walking
(c) Bus
(d) Hitchhike

4. What is Henry's mother's reaction to the note from the principal?
(a) He needs to be punished
(b) To find out what is bothering him
(c) He embarrassed her personally
(d) He disgraced the family

5. What does Henry say that his father does wherever they are?
(a) Talk too much
(b) Eat too much food
(c) Get drunk
(d) Create scenes

6. What direction does Henry tell his father that they are traveling when asked?
(a) South
(b) East
(c) North
(d) West

7. What causes fist fights in the vacant lots among some of Henry's friends?
(a) Drawings
(b) Free food
(c) Weeds that some say are edible
(d) Basketball games

8. Where do Henry and Red go together occasionally?
(a) Baseball field
(b) Pool
(c) Neighbor's house
(d) School

9. Why doesn't Henry play with the boys in the neighborhood?
(a) He doesn't like them
(b) He spends too much time with them at school
(c) He is forbidden
(d) He is afraid of being beaten up

10. What was odd about his parents when Henry visited his grandfather?
(a) They refused to make eye contact with his grandfather.
(b) They would call his grandfather nasty names.
(c) They were always berated by his grandfather.
(d) They never got out of the car.

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

12. Which of the following characters is cross-eyed?
(a) Henry
(b) David
(c) Lila Jane
(d) Stanley

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

14. Why does Henry say he dislikes the music David plays?
(a) It is too slow
(b) It is sad
(c) He hates all music
(d) He cannot play himself

15. What does Henry's father do when he arrives at the hospital?
(a) Cheers that he won't have to care for Henry any longer
(b) Berates Henry for getting hit by a car
(c) Yells at the doctor for treating Henry
(d) Blames Henry for getting in trouble at school and thus getting hit by a car

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Henry to stop playing the piano?

2. How did Henry's mother catch his father with Edna?

3. What grade is Henry in when David moves away?

4. What does Henry tell the principal?

5. In what year did Henry's memory take place?

(see the answer keys)

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