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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the diagnosis which has been given to Thomas, in which he hears voices and sees hallucinations?
(a) Dissociative Identity Disorder.
(b) Paranoid schizophrenia.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) He has no diagnosis.

2. Ralph is actually discriminated against in school because he is ____________, which is part of the reason he speaks up in class too.
(a) Crippled.
(b) Blind.
(c) A slave.
(d) Colored.

3. Whose abuse is focused on in the therapy tapes which Dominick and Patel listen to?
(a) Ma's.
(b) Dominick's.
(c) Thomas'.
(d) Ray's.

4. Who goes to church when he/she is young, even though it seems to be opposite his/her personality and beliefs?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Dominick.
(d) Dessa.

5. ________ is a big talking, sex addict who is stuck in a going-nowhere job but is convinced he will get his break in the movies.
(a) Ralph.
(b) Leo.
(c) Dominick.
(d) Thomas.

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

7. Thomas believes himself to be ___________ upon whom a new order can be built as the result of the apocalypse.
(a) Joseph.
(b) Simon Peter.
(c) John.
(d) Peter.

8. Who does Dominick visit in order to tell them about Thomas, though this person is not awake and Dominick does not wake them?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Ma.
(d) Ray.

9. What religion does Ray convert to in order to seemingly try to get into heaven even while he abuses his stepsons?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Catholicism.

10. What stands next to the Indian Cemetery as described in the book in Three Rivers, CT?
(a) The school.
(b) A playground.
(c) State Hospital.
(d) A bus station.

11. 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.

12. When Thomas is taken for mental health care, he is told that he will be there for __________ days for observation.
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Three.

13. When is the next hearing for Thomas scheduled, according to Sheffer when she comes into the room?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Easter.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) New Year's Day.

14. Who is holding his own while staying at Hatch for the last ten days, according to Sheffer?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Dominick.
(d) Ray.

15. The author spends a lot of time describing the __________ which took place as the children made their way on the field trip.
(a) Reading.
(b) Games.
(c) Bus ride.
(d) Classroom lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dominick remembers being made to walk up and down the stairs as a sort of penance for losing Ray's __________.

2. Ma accepts her diagnosis as one which is ____________, even if it means that she will die a painful death.

3. What is the name of Sheffer's seven-year-old daughter, who causes Dominick to remember the loss of his own daughter?

4. Who finds the body of Angela first, which helps this character feel better about what happened?

5. At sometime in the past, Dominick, Leo, and Ralph all did a ___________ together, according to the book.

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