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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Wheelwright (Johnny's grandmother) decide to purchase after the two major deaths of the year?
(a) An automobile.
(b) A television.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A computer.

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

4. For his new sport, Owen has perfected a new skill. How long does he give himself to perform this new skill?
(a) Four seconds.
(b) Fourteen minutes.
(c) Four minutes.
(d) Fourteen seconds.

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

6. After what event does Owen ask Johnny to wait for him?
(a) After Johnny gets married.
(b) After Johnny graduates from University.
(c) After Owen is sent to Vietnam.
(d) After Johnny's draft begins.

7. What color is Owen's father's truck?
(a) Sunshine Yellow.
(b) Tomato Red.
(c) Grass Green.
(d) Dirt Brown.

8. What do the boys throw at the statue of Mary Magdalene?
(a) Spitballs.
(b) Chestnuts.
(c) Their shoes.
(d) Stones.

9. What does Owen say about the nuns?
(a) They're beautiful.
(b) They're horrible.
(c) They're unnatural.
(d) They're angels.

10. Who does Owen invite to the school dance?
(a) Hester Eastman.
(b) Barb Wiggins.
(c) Ginger Brinker-Smith.
(d) Mary Beth Baird.

11. What is Hester protesting?
(a) Prohibition.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) Being kicked out of school.
(d) The new headmaster.

12. Who does Owen claim will have to step in if God does not make Johnny's father known to him?
(a) Tabitha's spirit.
(b) Owen, himself.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Dan Needham.

13. As an adult, what board was Johnny running for re-election in?
(a) Vestry.
(b) Congress.
(c) Senate.
(d) Cabinet.

14. What realization does Johnny make during the performance of "A Christmas Carol"?
(a) That he knows who his father was.
(b) That Owen is going to die.
(c) That Dan Needham is evil.
(d) That his mother is still with him.

15. What does Owen call the column that he writes for the Gravesend newspaper?
(a) The Gospel.
(b) The Word.
(c) The Voice.
(d) The Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Barb Wiggins tease Owen Meany?

2. Who is Canon Mackie?

3. What did Tabitha purchase from the store in Boston called Jerrolds?

4. Which character seems to have insider information on the brewing affair between JFK and Marilyn Monroe?

5. What does Johnny not know how to do that most boys his age can?

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