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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. What happens to Frank's father?
(a) Killed by his wife
(b) Commits suicide
(c) Abandons his son and wife
(d) Killed by a drunk driver

2. What does Henry say that his father does wherever they are?
(a) Eat too much food
(b) Talk too much
(c) Create scenes
(d) Get drunk

3. Why does Henry say he dislikes the music David plays?
(a) It is too slow
(b) He cannot play himself
(c) It is sad
(d) He hates all music

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

5. What does Frank like?
(a) Trucks
(b) Trains
(c) Airplanes
(d) Soldiers

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry find odd about his grammar school teacher?

2. What happens as Henry walks home from school after his teacher keeps him late?

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

4. What term does Henry use to describe sperm?

5. How do Frank and Henry get to the airshow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry's new teacher do with Henry's essay about the personal appearance of President Hoover?

2. What is Henry curious about in regards to Red and how does he satisfy it?

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

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

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

6. Why won't Big Henry's dream of moving to the South Seas and never working again be realized?

7. What is odd about the first afternoon that David and Henry walk home from school together?

8. What does Big Henry say he will do once the doctor tells him that the driver who hit Henry was drunk?

9. What do Henry and Stanley agree upon that happens at school?

10. Why do Henry and Frank make a break and run away from the man who picked them up and drove them to the air show?

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