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

2. Even though it is Charlene's curfew she suggests that she and Sonny go where?
(a) To the pool hall.
(b) To the bar.
(c) To the cafe.
(d) To the lake.

3. What does Jacy say about premarital sex?
(a) It is common.
(b) It is a sin.
(c) It is fun.
(d) It is highly overrated.

4. Who is knocked unconscious during the first basketball game?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Joe.
(c) Dwayne.
(d) Sonny.

5. What player does Coach Popper kiss on the ear?
(a) Sonny.
(b) Lester.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Dwayne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Genevieve say that Dwayne lacks?

2. Genevieve has _________ sons and _________ daughters.

3. What of Jacy's gets broken at the swim party?

4. Which player does the team trick with glue mixed with the foot-toughener?

5. Which Thalia sports team is considered the worst in the state?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think Lois decides to sleep with Sonny?

3. Which character is lonely in Chapter 1? Give at least one example from Chapter 1 where it shows their loneliness.

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

5. What keeps bothering Ruth so much that she can't enjoy making love with Sonny?

6. Explain what happens during the basketball game between Thalia High School and Paducah High School.

7. Why does Jacy feel it necessary to attend the naked swim party?

8. What significance is Jacy to Bobby Sheen?

9. Why do you think Jacy decides to go with Sonny?

10. Between the glue mixed in with the foot-toughener and the towel fights, does Coach Popper have inappropriate behavior? What do you think these actions reveal about Coach Popper's character that is not necessarily given to us in the text?

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