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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Henry go with the class to see the personal appearance by President Hoover?
(a) He has to work on the lawn
(b) He thinks he won't have to write the essay if he doesn't go
(c) He doesn't care about the president
(d) His father would not approve

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

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

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

5. How does Henry says boys from his school take their beatings?
(a) Without crying
(b) With revenge in mind
(c) With constant pain
(d) Without a word

6. What does David share with Henry?
(a) Clothes
(b) Potato chips
(c) Money
(d) Books

7. Where does Henry's father drive when the picnic basket was empty one day?
(a) Grandmother's house
(b) Home
(c) Orange grove
(d) Grocery store

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

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

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

11. 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 would call his grandfather nasty names.
(d) They never got out of the car.

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

13. Where do Henry and Red go together occasionally?
(a) Neighbor's house
(b) Baseball field
(c) School
(d) Pool

14. Why does the doctor say that Big Henry should not blame Henry for the car accident?
(a) Henry was inside a building when it happened
(b) The driver swerved to miss an animal and hit Henry instead
(c) The car malfunctioned
(d) The driver was drunk

15. What does Henry do which makes Chuck, Eddie, Frank and Gene upset with him for a few weeks?
(a) Kicks the spider web
(b) Kicked the dog
(c) Steals their football
(d) Refuses to go to church

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What instrument does David play?

3. 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.

4. What chore does Henry's father give him to keep him out of one of the Saturday football games?

5. With which of the following characters is Big Henry having an affair?

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