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

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

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

4. Billy Covington is the man who dies in Vietnam, a man who idolized _____________, though the reader doesn't learn much more.
(a) Jesus.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Spiderman.
(d) Superman.

5. Who is the twin that accidentally locks himself in the bathroom, almost ruining the trip?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Dominick.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Penny.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ demands that society take vengeance on the murderer when Penny is found murdered.

2. Who refuses to consider Thomas' antiwar act heroic, which is not surprising, given their relationship?

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

4. What does Ray decide to purchase in order to be able to see the moon landing in 1969?

5. Thomas lectures Dominick on the perils of ____________, though he is cruelly rebuffed by those to whom he speaks.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does seeing young dance students trigger in Dominick when he goes to see Patel and Sheffer?

6. How does Dominick endanger himself when he is out with Leo during the summer of 1969?

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

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

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

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

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