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

2. Dominick panics as they pass the _________ Building for the Hatch Forensic Institute.
(a) Settle.
(b) Sutter.
(c) Skeller.
(d) Sattler.

3. In this chapter, the law of the ____________ is discussed along with the psychology of sales.
(a) Jungle.
(b) Car.
(c) Playground.
(d) Business world.

4. Nedra Frank is the ____________ who does not return the memoir when she is hired to translate it.
(a) Literature professor.
(b) Family friend.
(c) Graduate student.
(d) Nun.

5. ___________ retains grief at having been too busy at the end of a semester to enjoy the new baby.
(a) Dominick.
(b) Dessa.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Dominick believe is simply weighing him down in his life, causing him to be stuck?

3. When Thomas is taken for mental health care, he is told that he will be there for __________ days for observation.

4. Dominick wishes his father was television's _______________ and daydreams about other fathers who treat their sons well.

5. Sheffer tells Dominick that the State Department is looking at his brother's case and trying to play _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thomas believe that Dominick has been singled out in his life, according to the therapy tape?

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

3. What does Patel think Dominick needs to do in order to relieve his anger and feel better?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Dominick regret about the summer of 1969 when he is talking with Thomas about sex and marijuana?

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

10. When does Dominick next see Penny's twin brother after Penny's death, in this story?

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