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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Henry hit in the back of the head with that causes him to start a fight?
(a) Football
(b) Basketball
(c) Baseball
(d) Baseball bat

2. Where did Henry's grandmother live?
(a) San Francisco
(b) Pasadena
(c) Los Angelos
(d) Germany

3. Where does Big Henry say he will move after he sues the driver that hit Henry?
(a) South Seas
(b) Aruba
(c) South America
(d) Bermuda

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

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

6. Why does Henry ask his teacher when she keeps him after class the day after he learns what sex is?
(a) If she wants to have sex
(b) What it means to have sex
(c) If she will help him get away from his parents
(d) If she will tell his parents

7. Where do Frank and Henry often hitchhike?
(a) Church
(b) Movie set
(c) Airport
(d) Hospital

8. Where was Henry born?
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) United States
(d) Japan

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

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

11. What does Henry remember doing when he visited his grandmother?
(a) Cooking with her
(b) Listening to stories from her past
(c) Staying in the car
(d) Playing the piano

12. 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) Their howls of pain
(b) Desire to get the football back
(c) Henry's father watching
(d) Red's courage facing bigger kids

13. What does Lila ask Henry?
(a) If he wants to runaway with her
(b) If he wants to kiss her
(c) If he wants to play house with her
(d) If he wants to see her panties

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sport do Red and Henry play together?

3. Where is Big Henry's brother?

4. Why doesn't Henry go with the class to see the personal appearance by President Hoover?

5. What does Henry's mother give to Anna and her family?

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