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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Henry feel about his grammar school teacher?
(a) Loved her
(b) Was intrigued by her
(c) Respected her
(d) Hated her

3. Who tells Henry to stop playing the piano?
(a) Henry's mother
(b) Henry's grandmother
(c) Henry's father
(d) Henry's grandfather

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

5. 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) Spiteful
(b) Sadistic
(c) Fierce
(d) Inhuman

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry's father describe his brothers?

2. What position does Henry play in the kickball games in physical education class?

3. What occupation does Henry tell his new teacher that his father has?

4. Which of the following characters is called Red and has a fake arm?

5. What does Red use to help win fights with bigger boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a common theme among many of the children and adults by this point in the novel?

2. What happens at the pool that causes Red to move away from Henry without a word of goodbye?

3. How can the reader infer that Aunt Anna and her family need money to buy food?

4. What does Henry witness when he walks David home and then waits for him outside?

5. When Frank moves away with his mother what does he send back to Henry that they continue to exchange for awhile?

6. What intrigues the group of boys about the spider and how is it ruined for them?

7. How does Henry feel after the beating from his father and what actions does he take?

8. What sins does Henry make up when he can't think of anything he's done wrong during confession?

9. How does Henry begin to be included with the neighborhood boys?

10. What happens when Henry's father drives to an orange grove to pick oranges?

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