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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dickie's reaction when Richard's friends want him to do something he does not want to do in Chapter 17?
(a) He throws a fit.
(b) He cries.
(c) He walks away.
(d) He laughs.

2. When Richard returns home in Chapter 11, he feels as if he is acting ____________________.
(a) coyly.
(b) petulantly.
(c) childishly.
(d) angrily.

3. Who shows up in Richard's life to teach him lessons?
(a) His mother.
(b) His conscience.
(c) A priest.
(d) Angels.

4. Dickie is the age that Richard was when _______________________.
(a) his brother died.
(b) he was on the hockey team.
(c) he fell in love.
(d) he got his driver's license.

5. The cracked dry earth where Dickie lives symbolizes _______________________.
(a) lack of creativity.
(b) financial restrictions.
(c) the desert of Richard's childhood.
(d) open space for ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shepherd asks Richard to sign a book for whom?

2. Richard encourages Dickie to defy convention and __________________.

3. What does Dickie think that Richard is going to do with him in Chapter 12?

4. What name does Dickie now want to be called?

5. What does Dickie do when he sees Richard in his thoughts?

(see the answer key)

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