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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. When Sonny breaks up with Charlene she makes him give her back what?
(a) A shirt.
(b) A poem.
(c) Photos.
(d) A tape.

2. What happens when Ruth and Sonny come home from the doctor in Chapter 11?
(a) He kisses her goodbye and leaves.
(b) They sleep together.
(c) Coach Popper is waiting for them.
(d) Ruth cries.

3. Why does Jacy tell Dwayne she is going to Wichita?
(a) She has met some new girlfriends.
(b) She needs to go for her health.
(c) She wants to.
(d) Her mother insists upon it.

4. What do Sonny and Dwayne order at the cafe for breakfast?
(a) Waffles and bacon.
(b) Cheeseburger and fries.
(c) Eggs and sausage.
(d) Pancakes and toast.

5. What is the only class that Sonny and Dwayne try to stay awake for in high school?
(a) Math.
(b) Health.
(c) Civics.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes care of the mentally slow Billy?

2. Who is Jacy attracted to in Wichita?

3. Who do the group of boys pay to have sex with Billy?

4. What does Ruth dream in Chapter 11?

5. What does Coach Popper always do at the beginning of class?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sonny feel after he comes back from Fort Worth?

2. Why do you think Billy helps Sonny with his loneliness?

3. Why do you think Sonny and Dwayne choose to live above the pool hall?

4. When Coach Popper is upset about only having nine boys show up for basketball practice, what does Coach Popper make the team do?

5. Why does Sonny not go back to see Ruth after his first night out with Jacy?

6. Why do you think Sonny goes and sees Ruth at the end of the book?

7. Why does Sam decide to forgive Sonny?

8. What does Genevieve say that is bad about Dwayne to Sonny?

9. Why does Dwayne not go and visit Sonny when he visits Thalia after boot camp?

10. Why do you think Sonny reacts the way that he does to the men trying to console the truck driver?

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