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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) Pee and pea
(b) Flower and flour
(c) Carrot and caret
(d) Bear and bare

2. Which school does Henry attend?
(a) Delsey
(b) Knoxville
(c) L. B Jane
(d) Marmount

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

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

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

6. What happens after Big Henry is confronted by his wife and Edna in his own house?
(a) He beats up Henry
(b) He argues with his wife
(c) He runs down the street
(d) He moves out

7. 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) Delsey
(c) Stanley
(d) Lila Jane

8. With whom does Henry spend most of his free time?
(a) David
(b) Himself
(c) Stanley
(d) Lila Jane

9. How does Henry's father describe his brothers?
(a) Crazy
(b) Alcoholics
(c) Do gooders
(d) Religious zealots

10. What did Henry find odd about his grammar school teacher?
(a) She had two different colored eyes.
(b) She only spoke to the girls in the class.
(c) She couldn't speak English.
(d) She never went to the bathroom.

11. What does the term vicious mean as it is used in the following sentence: Henry knows the players will be sending vicious kicks his way.
(a) Inhuman
(b) Fierce
(c) Sadistic
(d) Spiteful

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

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

14. What would Henry lose when he got through the afternoon fights with the other boys at school?
(a) His teeth
(b) The need to relieve himself
(c) The frustration from living with his father
(d) His homework

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Henry and Red go together occasionally?

2. What causes fist fights in the vacant lots among some of Henry's friends?

3. What does Edna do when Big Henry refuses to choose?

4. Why does Henry decide he can't run away?

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

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