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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Samuel-builds-a-fire on the railroad tracks?
(a) His foot gets caught in the railroad ties.
(b) He meets a hobo who shares his dinner.
(c) He gets mugged.
(d) He passes out with a train headed straight toward him.

2. What does the psychic child advise Victor to do?
(a) To build a tree house and live there for a month.
(b) To put glue on his body and roll around in leaves.
(c) To stand on his roof and shout at people walking by.
(d) To break all of the mirrors in the house and tape them to his body.

3. How does Victor's family watch television?
(a) So loud that it distorts their conversations.
(b) With the sound down so they can talk about what they are watching.
(c) In the dining room so they do not dwell on not having enough food.
(d) In black and white.

4. What does Victor's mother think of the Indian community?
(a) That they are given gifts.
(b) That they are admirable people with great strength.
(c) That they are victims.
(d) That they are a lost cause.

5. What is Victor's equation for survival?
(a) Survival = Ingenuity X Stamina.
(b) Survival = Determination X Imagination.
(c) Survival = Anger X Imagination.
(d) Survival = Skills X Stamina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor consider censorship in the third grade?

2. What does Victor's father describe while starting a car in the winter?

3. What does Victor imagine that an Indian invents?

4. What does John-John imagine he hears?

5. What hurtful thing does John-John imagine about Joseph's return?

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