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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what city did the twins go when they were in sixth grade, going to the city as a class for a field trip?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) New York.

2. Which president is in charge of Operation Desert Shield during the time of the antiwar protest?
(a) President George H. W. Bush.
(b) President W. Bush.
(c) President Nixon.
(d) President Kennedy.

3. Dominick asks Sheffer to avoid the __________ when they are speaking with each other and demands to have Thomas out earlier.
(a) Diagnosis.
(b) Medication.
(c) Jargon.
(d) Penny words.

4. Billy Covington is the man who dies in Vietnam, a man who idolized _____________, though the reader doesn't learn much more.
(a) The Pope.
(b) Superman.
(c) Spiderman.
(d) Jesus.

5. Clarabel was a __________ on the Howdy Doody Show, as referenced in the section describing the time when the boys grew up.
(a) Cow.
(b) Woman.
(c) Clown.
(d) Mouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author spends a lot of time describing the __________ which took place as the children made their way on the field trip.

2. What is the profession of Ralph Drinkwater at the Hatch Center, according to descriptions in the story?

3. Who is always noting the different venial and mortal sins which causes Dominick to worry about his future?

4. Thomas has episodes of ________________ in which he obsesses about something and is unable to let it go.

5. Who is the person that destroys the typewriter in a fit of rage at Ma during the past?

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