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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. Who flirts with Thomas when Dessa visits with the Birdseys during a time when Thomas is acting normally?
(a) Joy.
(b) Dessa.
(c) Angie.
(d) Leo.

2. Which friend is Dominick trying to please when he joins the gym where he eventually meets Joy?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Leo.
(d) Ray.

3. Thomas says that Ray is jealous of _______ special plans for him, according to the therapy tape.
(a) God's.
(b) Patel's.
(c) Ma's.
(d) Dominick's.

4. Dominick is assured that the practitioner who gives Thomas more medication is a patient _____________ who is looking out for Thomas' best interests.
(a) Advocate.
(b) Friend.
(c) Mentor.
(d) Staff coordinator.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ had been Dominick's key, learned from Ray on the basketball court, according to Thomas.

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

3. Which of Dominick's lovers could be categorized as being shyer than another of Dominick's lovers?

4. What does Dessa declare is a symptom of Dominick's toxic anger and then decides to leave him?

5. Dominick awakes from a dream in which he ignores Thomas' skill at __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the guidelines for Dominick being able to visit Thomas when he is at the center?

2. What do the two boys think about when their mother takes them to a movie in 1958 and both boys are bored?

3. What does Leo suggest to Dominick when he comes to pick him up during this part of the book?

4. What does Ma forbid the boys from telling their stepfather when they are coming back from the movie theater?

5. Why does Dominick go to visit a clinic after going to see Sheffer to talk about Thomas?

6. To what does Dominick attribute the meanness of Ray towards Thomas when he is arguing with Joy?

7. What is the news about the case that Dominick learns when he is talking with Patel and listening to Thomas' tapes?

8. Why do Ray and Ma fight over sending Dominick and Thomas to college during the time of the Vietnam War?

9. What does Dominick recall lying about in third grade which he now feels guilty about doing?

10. What is Thomas wondering when he is being transported to Three Rivers for observation in this story?

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