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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys witness the Brinker-Smith's doing while they are hiding?
(a) Fist-fighting.
(b) Making love.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Arguing.

2. Whose religious doubts does Johnny appreciate?
(a) Owen.
(b) Rev. Lewis Merrill.
(c) Rev. Dudley Wiggins.
(d) Dan Needham.

3. Who does Owen inadvertently murder?
(a) Johnny.
(b) The Sunday school teacher.
(c) His parents.
(d) Tabitha Wheelwright.

4. Who comes to visit Dan Needham and Johnny over the Christmas holiday?
(a) Owen.
(b) Harry Hoyt.
(c) Aunt Martha.
(d) Hester.

5. What does Johnny point to in Tabitha's room that Owen may have mistaken for something else?
(a) A giant fabric doll.
(b) A storefront mannequin.
(c) A dressmaker's dummy.
(d) A ventriloquist dummy.

6. Which sport is Owen passionate about?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Football.

7. What role does Owen cast himself as in the Christmas pageant?
(a) Joseph.
(b) A wiseman.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) The Christ Child.

8. What must Owen endure from his fellow classmates?
(a) Teasing.
(b) Tickling.
(c) Affection.
(d) Wedgies.

9. Who does Johnny wish he knew the truth about?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

10. How does Owen respond when Johnny calls his mother's death an accident?
(a) He is gracious.
(b) He is furious.
(c) He is embarrassed.
(d) He is apathetic.

11. Fill in the blank: Owen says that "_____ makes people crazy."
(a) Religion.
(b) Money.
(c) Sex.
(d) Love.

12. Who is the congregational pastor?
(a) Dan Needham.
(b) Rev. Dudley Wiggins.
(c) Rev. Lewis Merrill.
(d) There is no congregational pastor.

13. What does Owen claim God has taken from him to make him God's instrument?
(a) His mother.
(b) His instrument.
(c) His hands.
(d) His God.

14. What/who does Owen say is in Tabitha's room with her?
(a) The devil.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A monster.
(d) An angel.

15. When the Brinker-Smiths enter the room that Owen and Johnny are investigating, where does Owen hide?
(a) Behind the door.
(b) Behind the drapes.
(c) In the closet.
(d) Under the bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Johnny when his mother died?

2. Who lets Owen's Christmas responsibilities slip to his parents?

3. What product does the Meany family produce with the return from the quarry?

4. Who is the rector of the Episcopal church?

5. What role has Owen played every year in the Christmas pageant and swears that he will never play again?

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