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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. ________ 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) Dominick.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Leo.
(d) Ralph.

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

3. Dominick remembers how a professor once talked about how religion being the ___________ of the people.
(a) Blinders.
(b) Truth.
(c) Opiate.
(d) Gospel.

4. What is the drink which is handed out at the bar in order to celebrate the moon landing?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Beer.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Vodka.

5. Ma takes the boys to the Back to School Festival of ___________ at the movie theater when they are in third grade.
(a) Songs.
(b) Animals.
(c) Fun.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Thomas decide to cut off his hand in order to escape being drafted into the military?

2. In this chapter, the law of the ____________ is discussed along with the psychology of sales.

3. Which president is in charge of Operation Desert Shield during the time of the antiwar protest?

4. Who does Dominick find out wants to talk to him, per a message left by his girlfriend, Joy?

5. Who decides to sit with Thomas after his scary incident, even though it means this other person can't do anything?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the therapy techniques which Dominick objects to, as they are causing one person in his life to be at blame?

4. What is happening when Dominick goes through the motions of having sex with his girlfriend, Joy?

5. What is the profession that Leo has when Dominick goes to visit with him during this part of the story?

6. What is the story that Dominick maintains when the police question him and Leo about Dell?

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

8. What happens when it's found out that Thomas did not get a safe number in the draft for Vietnam war fighting?

9. What happens when Dominick takes Thomas to the hospital after his amputation during the beginning of the book?

10. Why does Dell decide to lower the price of the used car that he is trying to sell to Leo, in this story?

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