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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ma accepts her diagnosis as one which is ____________, even if it means that she will die a painful death.
(a) Unfair.
(b) A relief.
(c) Needed.
(d) God's will.

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

3. Who is complaining of the notoriety which is being forced upon them because of the anti-war act?
(a) Dominick.
(b) Ma.
(c) Dessa.
(d) Joy.

4. Who finds the body of Angela first, which helps this character feel better about what happened?
(a) Dessa.
(b) Dominick.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Joy.

5. Who suggests to Dominick that they buy a few pounds of marijuana in order to sell it around campus?
(a) Leo.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Ray.

6. What does Dominick get access to when he sits down to talk with another therapist about his brother?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Free food.
(c) Therapy tapes.
(d) Video games.

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

8. What did the United States citizens fear most about the Soviet Union during the 1950s?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Better economy.
(c) Nuclear attack.
(d) Invasion.

9. ___________ is the one who is clearly in command of the history of Thomas' treatment, according to the story.
(a) Dominick.
(b) Ray.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Patel.

10. What is the terminal disease that Thomas and Dominick's mother eventually dies from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Diabetes.

11. What does Dominick throw out the window of Leo's car as they are leaving the police station?
(a) Eight track tapes.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Food.
(d) Alcohol.

12. In a biblical passage, _________ tells the disciples to cut off the body parts which offend in order to avoiding burning in hell.
(a) Peter.
(b) John.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The devil.

13. Life is just a cosmic _________, according to Dominick, a chair yanked away from a table when you're ready to sit down.
(a) Mistake.
(b) Whoopee cushion.
(c) Joke.
(d) Pillow fight.

14. Thomas, as a child, wanted to save up his money in order to buy Ma a ___________, but Dominick beat him to it.
(a) Book.
(b) Painting.
(c) Music box.
(d) Bible.

15. Thomas has episodes of ________________ in which he obsesses about something and is unable to let it go.
(a) Obsession.
(b) Mania.
(c) Preservation.
(d) OCD.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who flirts with Thomas when Dessa visits with the Birdseys during a time when Thomas is acting normally?

2. Ma warns the twins not to gawk or to talk about anyone with ___________, though they seem to be everywhere.

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

4. What is the language in which the life story of Papa is written, which is why the family never had it translated?

5. Ma takes the boys to the Back to School Festival of ___________ at the movie theater when they are in third grade.

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