View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Joel take refuge near the end of Chapter 11?
(a) A train car.
(b) A bar.
(c) An abandoned house.
(d) An abandoned truck.

2. Who does the person who gave Joel a haircut leave to tend to?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Ed.
(c) Pepe.
(d) Jesus Fever.

3. What does Idabel offer to let Joel wear in Chapter 7?
(a) Her ring.
(b) Her colored glasses.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) Her jacket.

4. How is Joel's father described in the photo he finds of him in his prime?
(a) Vital and ugly.
(b) Old and tired.
(c) Vital and handsome.
(d) Ugly.

5. What does Joel ride with the midget at the traveling carnival?
(a) The teacups.
(b) The swings.
(c) The tilt-a-whirl.
(d) The Ferris Wheel.

6. How old was the person whose tombstone Idabel and Joel come up on?
(a) A yound child.
(b) A teenager.
(c) An infant.
(d) An adult.

7. What does Idabel say had been sucked from the person whose tombstone she and Joel find?
(a) Their soul.
(b) The breath.
(c) Their pulse.
(d) Their blood.

8. Joel concludes that his father is nothing but ______________ when he tries to envision him as a vital man.
(a) A cane.
(b) A red ball.
(c) A pair of eyes.
(d) A limp body.

9. What does Joel think about when he first enters his imaginary world in Chapter 7?
(a) Love.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Death.
(d) Food.

10. Who is trying to corral the person Randolph wishes to paint?
(a) Joel.
(b) Zoo.
(c) Ed.
(d) Amy.

11. What occupation did Pepe Alvarez have?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A boxer.
(d) A waiter.

12. What does Jesus Fever experience after falling ill in Chapter 9?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Senility.
(c) Fever.
(d) Pain.

13. Where does Idabel wait for Joel at so they can run away?
(a) At the barn.
(b) At the river.
(c) By the mailbox.
(d) At her house.

14. What does the midget do towards Joel that appalls him?
(a) Kisses him.
(b) Makes sexual advances on him.
(c) Flashes him.
(d) Holds his hand.

15. Who is furious at Joel for trying to run away?
(a) Keg.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Little Sunshine.
(d) Amy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the midget Joel and Idabel meet?

2. What does Randolph ask Joel to bring to him in Chapter 6?

3. What does Randolph tell Joel that his letter writing to Pepe brings him?

4. Who does Randolph discover his girlfriend ran away with after his first homosexual experience?

5. Who reveals to Joel in Chapter 6 that they were the one shooting the gun?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 399 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample