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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the student say about the length of his report when asked?
(a) He could not find any information on his topic.
(b) He tried to pare it down more.
(c) He didn't want to bore the class.
(d) He thought it was supposed to be at least 10 minutes long.

3. Where is Ella Guthrie moving?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Denver.
(d) Seattle.

4. Where does Victoria go after leaving her home?
(a) Tom Guthrie's place.
(b) Maggie Jones' home.
(c) Her grandparents' place.
(d) Her boyfriend's place.

5. What does Victoria's mother ask her after Victoria runs to the bathroom to vomit?
(a) If she has the flu.
(b) If she ate something bad.
(c) If she needs to go see a doctor.
(d) If she has been drinking.

6. What does Crowder tell Guthrie to do after the Beckmans leave?
(a) Give Russell some extra tutoring.
(b) Pass Russell.
(c) To flunk Russell.
(d) To call his union representative.

7. What does Guthrie ask Russell Beckman to do?
(a) Step into the hall.
(b) Apologize to Victoria.
(c) Apologize to Guthrie.
(d) Go to the Principal's office.

8. Where are Ike and Bobby sitting on their bikes?
(a) Across from the house where their mother lives.
(b) Across from the vacant house where teens have sex.
(c) On an overpass.
(d) On the railroad trestle.

9. What do the boys ask about the McPheron brothers?
(a) Why they never married.
(b) Why they never had any children.
(c) Why their mother isn't there.
(d) Why they are still ranching when they are so old.

10. About what do the McPheron brothers think Maggie is joking?
(a) That Jim Guthrie is divorcing his wife.
(b) The idea of Victoria living with them.
(c) That Jim Guthrie is selling his ranch.
(d) The idea of them adopting a baby.

11. Who at first refuses to pay Ike and Bobby?
(a) The druggist.
(b) The barber.
(c) Their grandfather.
(d) The neighbor across the street.

12. Why do Ike and Bobby leave the place where they took their classmate?
(a) Their mother comes and asks them to leave.
(b) A man arrives and points a gun at them.
(c) The tree house was wrecked in the last storm.
(d) Their canoe has been stolen so they can't go out on the lake.

13. What happens when Victoria declines a ride from a school boy?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The young man is rude.
(c) The young man grabs her arm and forces her into his car.
(d) The young man shrugs and looks rejected.

14. Who do Ike and Bobby see inside a vacant house one night?
(a) A high school couple.
(b) Two old bums who are drinking.
(c) A local drug dealer selling some cocaine.
(d) A large bobcat.

15. Where do Ike and Bobby go after doing their chores on Saturday morning?
(a) To collect their fees from their newspaper customers.
(b) To game arcade.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To help their grandfather bale hay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the female student say when Guthrie calls upon her?

2. Who is Maggie Jones?

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

4. Why does Ike and Bobby's mother cry when they are there?

5. Where does the father of Victoria's baby live?

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