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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is waiting for Sonny and Dwayne when they get back to the rooming house in Chapter 15?
(a) Jacy.
(b) Sam.
(c) Bunne brothers.
(d) Lester and friends.

2. What does Sam say when Sonny asks for advice about Ruth?
(a) He says he is wrong.
(b) He has never known what to do about women.
(c) He says he doesn't like Coach Popper.
(d) He says he is right.

3. Which woman cries at the funeral because she was in love with Sam?
(a) Genevieve.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Marlene.
(d) Lois.

4. Who dies when they are hit by a truck?
(a) Sonny.
(b) Billy.
(c) Gene.
(d) Abilene.

5. When Dwayne comes home from boot camp how does he hook up with Sonny?
(a) Sonny goes and sees Dwayne at the rooming house.
(b) Dwayne meets up with Sonny at the picture show.
(c) Dwayne meets up with Sonny at the pool hall.
(d) Sonny meets Dwayne at the football game.

6. What does Ruth do when she starts to miss sleeping next to a body in bed?
(a) She lets Coach Popper back in bed.
(b) She cries.
(c) She cuddles with a pillow.
(d) She has Sonny sneak in the window to sleep with her.

7. What does Sam say when Sonny asks if Sam knew about Sonny and Ruth?
(a) Sam says no.
(b) Sam says you are joking.
(c) Sam says what are you talking about?
(d) Sam says yes.

8. Jacy starts dating who at the beginning of the summer?
(a) Lester.
(b) Dwayne.
(c) Coach Popper.
(d) John.

9. How much time is left of summer after Jacy is disappointed by Abilene?
(a) One month.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Three months.

10. How is Sonny hurt from the fight with the Bunne brothers?
(a) Just his pride is hurt.
(b) His lip and eye are hurt.
(c) His ear and ribs are hurt.
(d) His kidneys are hurt.

11. Who walks out on the revival?
(a) Abilene.
(b) Genevieve.
(c) Gene.
(d) Lois.

12. How much money do Dwayne and Sonny discover they have between them?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Almost a hundred dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Almost two hundred dollars.

13. How does Jacy tell her parents that she is marrying Sonny?
(a) In a note.
(b) She has Charlene tell them.
(c) She calls them.
(d) She has Sonny tell them.

14. Why does Abilene make his mufflers roar?
(a) So Lois will hear.
(b) So the neighbors will hear.
(c) To scare a stray dog.
(d) To scare Jacy.

15. Dwayne returns to Thalia after having gone where at the end of the summer?
(a) Dallas.
(b) College.
(c) Korea.
(d) Boot camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money do Genevieve and Sam each give Sonny and Dwayne?

2. Where does Dwayne move to during the summer?

3. What does John's family do when they find out he was fired for being homosexual?

4. Why does Sonny not go back to Ruth?

5. Who gets married during the summer?

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