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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Lila Jane
(b) David
(c) Stanley
(d) Delsey

2. 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

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

4. What were Katherine and Betsy making when Henry and his family visited?
(a) Muffins
(b) Peanut butter sandwiches
(c) Cookies
(d) Chicken sandwiches

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What sport do Red and Henry play together?
(a) Kickball
(b) Football
(c) Soccer
(d) Baseball

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

13. What are the boys doing under the grandstand?
(a) Drinking
(b) Gambling
(c) Smoking
(d) Looking up a woman's skirt

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

15. Why does David's mother berate him when he arrives home from school when Henry walks him home?
(a) He has a bloody nose
(b) He brought a friend home from school
(c) He stole potato chips from her
(d) His shirt is torn

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry's family often do on Sunday's when his grandmother didn't visit?

2. How did Henry feel about his grammar school teacher?

3. Why does the doctor say that Big Henry should not blame Henry for the car accident?

4. How did the baseball game with Miranda Bell end?

5. What was odd about his parents when Henry visited his grandfather?

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