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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. Why didn't Henry open the sealed note from the principal?
(a) Lost the note
(b) Forgot about the note
(c) Afraid of being beaten
(d) No desire

2. Where did Henry's grandmother live?
(a) Los Angelos
(b) Germany
(c) San Francisco
(d) Pasadena

3. Why does the doctor say that Big Henry should not blame Henry for the car accident?
(a) Henry was inside a building when it happened
(b) The driver was drunk
(c) The driver swerved to miss an animal and hit Henry instead
(d) The car malfunctioned

4. How do Frank and Henry get to the airshow?
(a) Hitchhike
(b) Bus
(c) Walking
(d) Train

5. What position does Henry play in the kickball games in physical education class?
(a) Shortstop
(b) Pitcher
(c) First baseman
(d) Second baseman

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the characters stands up for Henry when a boy tries to beat him up and causes the boy to run away crying?

2. How did the baseball game with Miranda Bell end?

3. Why does David's mother berate him when he arrives home from school when Henry walks him home?

4. What term does Henry use to describe sperm?

5. What sport do Red and Henry play together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Henry say to his father that is insightful when his father tells him they are traveling the wrong direction and he says that he will leave him behind?

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

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

8. Describe, in detail, an example of Big Henry's tendency to create scenes in public.

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

10. After Henry learns about sex from one of his friends, what does he say repulses him about the idea of sex?

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