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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 is Owen unable to do in military training?
(a) Scale a 12 foot wall.
(b) Respect his authorities.
(c) Complete 150 push-ups.
(d) Climb a 20 foot rope ladder.

2. What year is it when the two boys begin at the University?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1970.

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

4. What does Owen say before he makes the cut on Johnny?
(a) Just think of this as my little gift to you.
(b) This way we'll always be together.
(c) I do this in the name of the Father.
(d) This pains me more than it does you.

5. Whose name does Owen think that he has seen on the gravestone?
(a) Johnny's.
(b) His own.
(c) Tabitha's.
(d) Dan Needham's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Wheelwright (Johnny's grandmother) decide to purchase after the two major deaths of the year?

2. Who does Owen claim will have to step in if God does not make Johnny's father known to him?

3. What is Hester protesting?

4. Who does Owen say that he saves in his dream?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the letter that Johnny receives from the draft board say?

2. What does Owen look like when he is 16?

3. What is the reaction to Mrs. Wheelwright's new television?

4. What did Tabitha tell the boys about her red dress?

5. What has Owen done to prepare the amputation blade?

6. What is Owen's favorite skill in basketball, and how does he accomplish it?

7. What significant events happen when Randall White is elected headmaster?

8. What happens to the boys' grades once they get to the University?

9. What happens with Owen's collegiate schooling after he is kicked out of Gravesend Academy?

10. What goes wrong during the Christmas pageant?

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