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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lois not marry Sam?
(a) She didn't want to.
(b) He didn't have enough money.
(c) Sam wouldn't let her leave Gene.
(d) Her parents didn't approve.

2. Dwayne changes his profession to what?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Joins the army.
(c) Goes to college.
(d) Truck driver.

3. Why does Sonny feel sad after watching his first football game as an alumni?
(a) He misses Lois.
(b) He misses Jacy.
(c) He is graduated from high school and doesn't feel like he is a part of the town.
(d) He misses Dwayne.

4. How does Sonny's eye get hurt?
(a) He falls during the fight and hits it on the corner of the bar.
(b) Dwayne kicks him in the eye.
(c) Dwayne slaps his beer bottle in Sonny's eye.
(d) Dwayne punches him in the eye.

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

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

7. Whose house does Sonny visit at the end of the book?
(a) Dwayne.
(b) Jacy.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Abilene.

8. Who tells Sonny and Dwayne that Sam has died?
(a) Genevieve.
(b) Andy.
(c) Billy.
(d) Jacy.

9. Who does Jacy end up having sex with at the pool hall?
(a) Gene.
(b) Abilene.
(c) Sam.
(d) Sonny.

10. Who gets married during the summer?
(a) Bobby and Annie.
(b) Jacy and Lester.
(c) Jacy and Dwayne.
(d) Jacy and Bobby.

11. What do the doctors say about Sonny's eye?
(a) He will be blind in the eye for the rest of his life.
(b) He may need an expensive surgery.
(c) He will have partial vision in the eye.
(d) He will eventually go blind in both eyes.

12. How much money do Genevieve and Sam each give Sonny and Dwayne?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Twenty-five dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Fifteen dollars.

13. Who slaps Lois?
(a) Jacy.
(b) Gene.
(c) Sonny.
(d) Abilene.

14. Why is Old Lady Mosey closing the picture show?
(a) She is getting too old.
(b) She is losing money.
(c) They are condemming the building.
(d) She doesn't want to run it anymore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dwayne comes home from boot camp how does he hook up with Sonny?

2. Who walks out on the revival?

3. What does Sam die of?

4. What kind of car does Gene drive?

5. Dwayne returns to Thalia after having gone where at the end of the summer?

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