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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ben want to go to Canada to join the war?
(a) He was born in Canada
(b) The US is not yet in the War
(c) He is not old enough
(d) He is sick and the Army won't accept him

2. Who dies of typhoid in this chapter?
(a) Ben
(b) Grover
(c) Helen
(d) Oliver

3. Who treats Gant for his illness?
(a) Daisy
(b) Eliza
(c) Eugene
(d) Dr. McGuire

4. By the age of 15 what set of literary facts does Eugene know?
(a) Virtually every American novelist
(b) Virtually every English poet
(c) The works of Charles Dickens
(d) All of Longfellow's poems

5. Who does Ben fight in this chapter?
(a) Oliver
(b) Steve
(c) Luke
(d) Eugene

6. What kind of church does Eugene usually attend?
(a) Presbyterian
(b) Catholic
(c) Baptist
(d) Methodist

7. How would you characterize Eugene and school?
(a) He loves school and does well, especially reading
(b) He hates school but does do well, especially math
(c) He loves school but doesn't do well, especially reading
(d) He hates school and does not do well

8. What would best describe Eliza's business interests?
(a) Eliza is doing well but her brother Will is not
(b) The roominghouse is not making money
(c) They are doing very well
(d) She is not a very good business person

9. In this chapter the positive influence of what woman is highlighted?
(a) Mrs. Selbourne
(b) Mrs. Leonard
(c) Helen
(d) Eliza

10. What is the name of Eliza's rooming house?
(a) Southland
(b) Tara
(c) Altamont
(d) Dixieland

11. What does Ben really want to do?
(a) Become a war correspondent
(b) Move to New Orleans
(c) Start his own newspaper
(d) Go to war

12. To what state did Oliver just travel?
(a) California
(b) Florida
(c) New York
(d) Illinois

13. Where does Eugene live most of the time when he is attending the Leonards' school?
(a) Dixieland
(b) The Leonards' home
(c) His father's home
(d) In a dorm at the school

14. What is the name of the school that Eugene begins attending in this chapter?
(a) Altamont School for Boys
(b) Altamont Fitting School
(c) Dixieland High School
(d) Leonard Normal School

15. What job does Ben have?
(a) He sells produce
(b) He sells magazines
(c) He works with his father
(d) A paper route

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Oliver been when Steve goes to get him?

2. From time to time, where to Gant and Eugene go?

3. What is Eugene's principal's name?

4. Growing up how do Eugene and his friends treat Jews and Negroes?

5. What is the family's reaction when he returns?

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