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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry become obsessed with in Kindergarten?
(a) Math facts
(b) His teacher
(c) Bathroom practices
(d) Writing his letters

2. What instrument does David play?
(a) Violin
(b) Piano
(c) Trumpet
(d) Cello

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

4. What term does Henry use to describe sperm?
(a) Fucking liquid
(b) Love juice
(c) Man juice
(d) Dong juice

5. Where does Henry kiss Lila Jane and grab her behind?
(a) Vacant lot
(b) School
(c) Lila Jane's house
(d) Henry's parents' bedroom

6. When does Big Henry begin making his rounds to collect money?
(a) Daylight
(b) Lunchtime
(c) Dusk
(d) After his rounds

7. What does Red use to help win fights with bigger boys?
(a) A baseball bat
(b) His teeth
(c) The football
(d) His fake arm

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

9. What did Henry's family often do on Sunday's when his grandmother didn't visit?
(a) Go for a ride and picnic
(b) Play music together
(c) Stay at home and do chores
(d) Go for a long walk together

10. What do Frank and Henry sell to the Jewish ladies who sit on the benches at the beach?
(a) Fish
(b) Home-made muffins
(c) Stones
(d) Sea shells

11. When is Henry first exposed to other children?
(a) Kindergarten
(b) Preschool
(c) As a toddler playing with the neighbor children
(d) When his mother starts babysitting

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

13. What was the man who gave them a ride arrested for?
(a) Performing oral sex on another man
(b) Killing his wife
(c) Kidnapping a child
(d) Stealing a car

14. Where does Frank's father's give the boys money to visit?
(a) Air show
(b) Air plane graveyard
(c) Airport
(d) Hanger

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Henry's father drive when the picnic basket was empty one day?

3. What does Henry remember doing when he visited his grandmother?

4. What did Henry find odd about his grammar school teacher?

5. What happens within the baseball game with Miranda Bell after several innings with no score?

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