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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. Dominick recalls how Ma was waiting for ___________ to rescue them when the crazy man approached them on the bus.
(a) Jesus.
(b) Dominick.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Ray.

2. Which of the characters finds it easier to believe that there is no God, which makes life have no sense or meaning?
(a) Dessa.
(b) Dominick.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Ray.

3. Sheffer volunteers to be the twins' ____________ during the time of the case and the evaluation.
(a) Liaison.
(b) Therapist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Confidante.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the terminal disease that Thomas and Dominick's mother eventually dies from?

3. Thomas buys a book on ___________ and makes his girlfriend read the stories to him while he pleasures himself.

4. ________ 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.

5. Who does Dominick lie to about Penny Drinkwater on the day that she disappears and is eventually found murdered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the long range goal of Patel when she is working with Thomas, a goal she tells Dominick about?

2. What is Dominick torn between when he is in Ma and Ray's room, with a mind that is being sparked by memories?

3. What is the terrible situation which happens on the field trip the twins take in 1962 to the Statue of Liberty?

4. What happens to the memoir by Papa which Dominick decides he wants to translate for himself?

5. What happens which makes Dominick feel moved during his conversation and his visit with Leo?

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

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

8. Who tries to assure Dominick that Thomas is fine at the place where he is recovering?

9. What does Thomas not remember which causes him to think that Dominick is mad at him?

10. What does Dominick grow impatient with when he is talking with his brother a day before the amputation?

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