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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Tabitha claim she could not return the item she purchased back to Jerrolds?
(a) Because the store burned down.
(b) Because she had lost the receipt.
(c) Because she couldn't remember where she purchased it.
(d) Because she had damaged the item.

2. Where does Johnny work in the summer of his first year at the University?
(a) At Gravesend Academy.
(b) At Old Freddy's.
(c) At Meany Granite.
(d) He doesn't have a job.

3. What does Dan believe will disappear once Owen begins his schooling at Gravesend?
(a) He religious zeal.
(b) His laughter.
(c) His zest for life.
(d) His eccentricities.

4. Who asks Johnny to reevaluate his future, saying that he doesn't have much time?
(a) Owen.
(b) Hester Eastman.
(c) Ginger Brinker-Smith.
(d) Dan Needham.

5. When Owen repeats the line, "God has taken your mother. My hands were the instrument. God has taken my hands. I am God's instrument," how does Johnny respond?
(a) He drops Owen.
(b) He kicks Owen.
(c) He punches Owen.
(d) He hugs Owen.

6. What unusual article of clothing is Owen wearing when Johnny arrives?
(a) Wooden shoes.
(b) An apron.
(c) A woolen scarf.
(d) A pair of overalls.

7. What event in Johnny's life does he feel still stuck in?
(a) The summer he spent with Hester.
(b) The Christmas Pageant.
(c) The final baseball game.
(d) The days with the armadillo.

8. How is Owen feeling on the night of the Christmas pageant?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Sick.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Excited.

9. Which character carries the screaming Owen off stage?
(a) Joseph.
(b) The shepherd.
(c) The wiseman.
(d) The Angel.

10. What does Johnny not know how to do that most boys his age can?
(a) Read.
(b) Ride a bike.
(c) Swim.
(d) Play baseball.

11. How does Owen develop the large muscles that he has?
(a) Working in the quarry.
(b) Spending time in the gym.
(c) Doing pullups in his dorm room.
(d) Working out at wrestling practice.

12. With everything that goes wrong in the pageant, how does the audience respond to the show?
(a) They are frustrated.
(b) They are embarrassed.
(c) They are amused.
(d) They are enthralled.

13. Where does Owen ask Johnny to meet him?
(a) At Gravesend Academy.
(b) At the Episcopalian church.
(c) At the monument shop.
(d) At Meany Quarry.

14. Whose death causes a downward spiral for Owen?
(a) Dan Needham's.
(b) Hester Eastman's.
(c) JFK's.
(d) Harry Hoyt's.

15. What happens when Barb Wiggins loses control of the angel during the Christmas pageant?
(a) He plummets into a free fall.
(b) He crashes into the manger holding the Christ Child.
(c) He swings wildly, taking down the stars.
(d) He becomes terribly tangled in the ropes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, from Tabitha's past life, does Owen set up an appointment for the boys to meet?

2. Whose lines does Owen loudly whisper after the actor has forgotten them?

3. When Owen sees his parents in the audience, what does he shout from the stage?

4. What does Owen call the nuns?

5. Where is Owen transferred upon graduation?

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