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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as Henry walks home from school after his teacher keeps him late?
(a) He hides from his father
(b) He's hit by a car
(c) He runs into Edna
(d) He decides to run away from home

2. Of what is Henry's first memory?
(a) Being squashed
(b) Being under something
(c) Being beside his mother
(d) Being in the crib

3. What happens to Henry in confession?
(a) He can't think of anything so he makes sins up
(b) He refuses to say anything
(c) He is banned from the church
(d) He eavesdrops on Frank's confession

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

5. How did Henry's mother catch his father with Edna?
(a) Saw them in his delivery truck
(b) Saw them through a window
(c) Hid in the trunk of the car
(d) Watched him sneak into her house when she was running errands

6. What does Henry tell the principal?
(a) I'll get you
(b) I'll kill you
(c) I hate you
(d) Leave me alone

7. Why does Henry decide he can't run away?
(a) His father needs him
(b) He won't be able to find a job
(c) He couldn't live on his own
(d) His mother would miss him

8. Which of the following characters is called Red and has a fake arm?
(a) Lila
(b) Chuck
(c) Miranda
(d) Stanley

9. Which of the characters stands up for Henry when a boy tries to beat him up and causes the boy to run away crying?
(a) David
(b) Stanley
(c) Delsey
(d) Lila Jane

10. Where does Henry begin going with Frank?
(a) Church
(b) School
(c) Pool
(d) Baseball practice

11. What did people always say that Henry was doing?
(a) Drinking
(b) Eating
(c) Sleeping
(d) Laughing

12. What does Henry's mother give to Anna and her family?
(a) Food
(b) Money
(c) Peanut butter
(d) Blankets

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

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

15. What occupation does Henry tell his new teacher that his father has?
(a) Milk delivery truck driver
(b) President
(c) Dentist
(d) Unemployed

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the man who gave them a ride arrested for?

2. Where do Frank and Henry often hitchhike?

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

4. What does Henry's father do for a living?

5. When is Henry first exposed to other children?

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