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

2. What does Owen leave on Johnny's porch in an attempt at an apology?
(a) His baseball cards.
(b) A bouquet of flowers.
(c) A drawing of the two boys together.
(d) A tin of homemade fudge.

3. Where do the students typically lock Owen?
(a) In his locker.
(b) In the gymnasium.
(c) In the janitor's closet.
(d) In the bathroom.

4. What happens when Owen and Hester are wrestling?
(a) Hester breaks Owen's arm.
(b) Owen wets his pants.
(c) Owen bites Hester's leg.
(d) The two children kiss.

5. How does Owen respond to the news that his parents are aware of his Christmas responsibilities?
(a) He is apathetic.
(b) He is excited.
(c) He is upset.
(d) He is furious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Johnny's mother's name?

2. How does Johnny swear he will die?

3. Johnny's mother encourages Owen to switch what?

4. What/who does Owen say is in Tabitha's room with her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Johnny Wheelwright's mother die?

4. Why do Owen and Mr. Morrison have a conversation?

5. What does Owen gift to Tabitha and Dan as a wedding gift?

6. How does Owen typically play baseball?

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

8. What does Owen mean when he tells Dan Needham that his play is lacking a "certain presence"?

9. How is Owen described physically?

10. Why does Owen's family switch to the Episcopalian church?

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