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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. When does Big Henry begin making his rounds to collect money?
(a) Lunchtime
(b) Daylight
(c) Dusk
(d) After his rounds

2. What happens within the baseball game with Miranda Bell after several innings with no score?
(a) The Miranda Bell team forfeits
(b) Henry's team attacked the Miranda Bell team
(c) The Miranda Bell team hits a grand slam homerun
(d) Someone Henry's team hits a homerun

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

4. What happens to Henry in confession?
(a) He refuses to say anything
(b) He can't think of anything so he makes sins up
(c) He eavesdrops on Frank's confession
(d) He is banned from the church

5. What chore does Henry's father give him to keep him out of one of the Saturday football games?
(a) Delivering milk
(b) Doing extra homework
(c) Cleaning the house
(d) Lawn work

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry tell the principal?

2. What punishment does Henry get from his father when he brings home the note from the principal?

3. How did Henry feel about his grammar school teacher?

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

5. Where did Henry's grandmother live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why wouldn't Big Henry allow Henry's mother to give Aunt Anna money when they obviously needed some to buy food?

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

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

6. What happens between Mr. Knox and Henry when Henry is sent to the principal's office for fighting?

7. What events transpired which led Henry to be sent to the principal's office?

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

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

10. What happens when Henry asks to be excused from dinner because he is in too much pain to eat?

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