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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the house of the mother whose son is killed in the Vietnam war?
(a) It becomes dilapitated.
(b) It is vandalized.
(c) It is cared for by neighbors.
(d) It becomes a magnificent garden.

3. What is Johnny's mother's name?
(a) Thomasina.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Tabitha.
(d) Tammy.

4. What does the mother, whose son is killed in the Vietnam war, say about those who protest the war?
(a) That they should be sent to the war.
(b) That they are NOT un-patriotic.
(c) That they ARE un-patriotic.
(d) That they should be prayed for.

5. In Sunday school, who does Owen claim to be escaping?
(a) The Catholics.
(b) The Agnostics.
(c) The Mafia.
(d) The Demons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it impossible for any pitcher to strike Owen out playing baseball?

2. How does Owen typically respond when Johnny comes home from visiting his cousins?

3. Which boy always ends up having to kiss "Hester the Molester"?

4. How does Owen respond when Johnny calls his mother's death an accident?

5. What must Owen endure from his fellow classmates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the response from Johnny's family after Tabitha's funeral?

2. How does Owen typically play baseball?

3. What does Johnny see when he travels to Tabitha's grave for the first time?

4. What is Owen's view of Tabitha's dressmaking dummy?

5. What does the audience see Johnny Wheelwright reading, as an adult, in Canada, and how does Johnny react?

6. How do the other Sunday school students treat Owen?

7. How is Owen described physically?

8. What changes does Owen make to the Christmas pageant once he becomes the director?

9. What happens to Harry Hoyt's mother?

10. Who is Dan Needham, and what does he look like?

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