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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 39-57 (Ike and Bobby, Victoria Roubideaux, Ike and Bobby).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ralph Black not want the boys to do?
(a) Fold the newspapers with the front page inward.
(b) Put the newspapers in plastic bags if it does not look like rain.
(c) Lean their bikes on the wagon.
(d) Fold the newspapers with the front page out.

2. What does Crowder say about Beckman?
(a) That none of the teachers like him.
(b) That he is going to be valdictorian.
(c) That he is not expected to live much longer.
(d) That Bobby is the boy's only friend.

3. Where does Victoria spend the night?
(a) In Maggie's spare bedroom.
(b) At the train station.
(c) On Maggie's couch.
(d) On the street near the school.

4. What does the barber ask Ike and Bobby about their mother?
(a) If she is doing better.
(b) If she has been moved to a psychiatric ward.
(c) If she knows they don't spend money on haircuts.
(d) If she has moved out of the house.

5. Why do Ike and Bobby go to the train station?
(a) To get newspapers for their delivery route.
(b) To take the metro train to school.
(c) To watch a train with a new type of diesel engine come into the station.
(d) To watch for their father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mrs. Stearn's family?

2. What does Victoria find when she gets home after work?

3. Where do Ike and Bobby go after doing their chores on Saturday morning?

4. What does Bobby tell Mrs. Stearns about their mother?

5. What does Maggie say Victoria needs to do?

(see the answer key)

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