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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Henry take his father's binoculars?
(a) To look up his neighbor's dress
(b) To spy on his father and mother
(c) To use them in school to get better grades
(d) To make his father mad

2. What does a typical day in Henry's imagination of his 'good life' look like?
(a) Work, eat, sleep
(b) Work, come home alone, drink himself to sleep
(c) Lay around all day, sleep
(d) Work, come home, have sex, go to sleep

3. What does one of the boys tell Henry happens to him each time he brings home an F?
(a) Has to sleep outside
(b) Beats him with a razor strap
(c) Pulls out a fingernail
(d) Makes him beg for a retest

4. In which class do all of the boys have a crush on the teacher?
(a) Science
(b) English
(c) Math
(d) Social Studies

5. What is physically wrong with Henry as he starts high school?
(a) Covered in boils and acne
(b) Has no finger nails
(c) Broken legs
(d) Lost his fingers

6. How does Harry escape from Henry when Henry threatens him?
(a) Cowers in the hall
(b) Points over Henry's shoulder
(c) Calls Miss Gredis to help him
(d) Beats Henry Up

7. Why doesn't Henry go to the doctor anymore?
(a) Doctors will not treat him any longer
(b) Big Henry won't let Henry go to the doctor's anymore
(c) Big Henry doesn't believe in paying doctors
(d) Henry refuses to go to the doctor again

8. What happens to end the baseball game that Henry talks Abe into playing with them?
(a) Henry breaks his arm
(b) Kitten is hit by a pitch
(c) Abe scores the winning pitch
(d) Abe breaks his arm

9. What job does Henry imagine he will have?
(a) Writer
(b) None
(c) Dishwasher
(d) Priest

10. Why does Henry think that he didn't get the job at the airplane factory?
(a) Stopped to feed a starving dog on the way to the job
(b) Born in Germany
(c) Showed up drunk to the interview
(d) He didn't fill out the application and turned it in blank

11. Who does Coach Wagoner say will be his next challenge to a fight?
(a) Henry
(b) Harry
(c) Arnie
(d) Morris

12. What does Henry's grandmother bring to help with the boils and acne?
(a) Crucifix
(b) Ultra violet light
(c) New cream
(d) Needles

13. Why does Abe's mother decide not to sue Henry's family?
(a) Henry begs her not to
(b) Abe says it was his fault
(c) Henry's mother convinces her not to
(d) Henry's father beats her up

14. Which of the following is not true about Harry?
(a) Is a very accomplished fighter
(b) Rumored to be a genius
(c) Wears neat clothes
(d) Has the admiration of the girls

15. How many phone numbers did Jimmy get from girlus at the beach?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry do to Jimmy's mother after Jimmy goes to sleep?

2. What does his last follow-up doctor tell Henry to drink to help with the acne and boils?

3. Where does Henry go everyday once he returns to school?

4. What opinion does Henry have about most of the maneuvers in ROTC?

5. What does Henry's grandmother believe is wrong with Henry?

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