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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Henry asked not to return next semester to ROTC?
(a) He beats up the ROTC instructor
(b) Placing the rifle on his shoulder breaks boils and causes blood to leak through his shirt
(c) He uses his rifle to take shots at birds on the campus causing many students to be frightened
(d) He has sex with one of the other students during the time he is supposed to be in ROTC

2. What happened to Jimmy's father?
(a) Committed suicide
(b) Went into the military
(c) Left to be with another woman
(d) Moved to another state to practice medicine

3. What does Henry do with his winning medal?
(a) Drops it into a drainage hole
(b) Hides it from his father
(c) Wears it with pride
(d) Gives it to Andrew

4. What does Henry do to Jimmy's mother after Jimmy goes to sleep?
(a) Punch her
(b) Asks her to let him move in
(c) Sends her out to get him more beer
(d) Proposition her

5. How do Jimmy and Henry get to the beach?
(a) They walk 15 miles to the beach
(b) They hitchhike 15 miles to the beach
(c) The bike 15 miles to the beach
(d) They take the bus 15 miles to the beach

6. Henry says that his seventh grade football team used games against the eight and ninth graders as an opportunity for ___________.
(a) Violence
(b) Chance to meet girls
(c) Skipping classes
(d) Learning new skills

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

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

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

10. What is in the box that Henry's grandmother gave to him?
(a) Small scrolls
(b) Crucifix
(c) Salve
(d) The answers to all of his problems

11. What do the doctors expose Henry to in hopes of treating the acne and boils?
(a) Direct Sun light
(b) Ultraviolet light
(c) Needles to drill and drain the boils
(d) Salve which dries the acne and boils

12. What does Big Henry become obsessed with and talk incessantly about?
(a) His job
(b) The ROTC
(c) Henry's acne
(d) The war

13. Which of the following things isn't Lilly allowed to do during biology class?
(a) Sing
(b) Use textbook on exams
(c) Talk with her classmates
(d) Dance

14. How does Lilly get Mr. Stanhope to let them use their textbooks during the test?
(a) Kissing him
(b) Raising her skirt and adjusting a garter
(c) Flirting with him
(d) Begging him

15. Why did Baldy's father lose his license to be a surgeon?
(a) He killed one of his patients
(b) He is a drunk
(c) No one can afford to pay, so he used violence to collect fees
(d) He can no longer see due to an accident

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Henry read the books he borrows from the library late at night?

2. What does a typical day in Henry's imagination of his 'good life' look like?

3. What happens during the mock war exercises?

4. What does Henry awaken to see?

5. What did the man who dated Jimmy's mother pay her to do according to Jimmy?

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