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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to what Sarah Byrnes told Dale as he suggested topics for his first article, what did Sarah Byrnes see herself as?
(a) Champion for the underdog.
(b) Instrument of justice.
(c) Ultimate bully.
(d) Righter of wrongs.

2. Who led the effort to have Ellerby prohibited from driving his car to swim meets?
(a) Mr. Patterson.
(b) Mr. Mautz.
(c) Mark Brittain.
(d) Steve Gould.

3. What does the narrator's mother think his father teaches?
(a) Gemology.
(b) Genealogy.
(c) Geography.
(d) Geology.

4. After finishing practice at the beginning of the book, where does the narrator go?
(a) St. Vincent's Hospital.
(b) Fairview Hospital.
(c) Sacred Heart Hospital.
(d) Riley Children's Hospital.

5. What was the name of the principal at the narrator's junior high school?
(a) Mr. Lemry.
(b) Mr. Virgil.
(c) Mr. Crossley.
(d) Mr. Mautz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What model year is Ellerby's vehicle?

2. What is the name of Dale Thornton's father?

3. When Sarah Byrnes had appeared at Moby's house as Moby was revising the Huey-Dewey article, who was with Sarah Byrnes?

4. According to the "expose" on Mautz's illegitimate son for "Crispy Pork Rinds", who did Mautz's son have an affair with?

5. According to the narrator, how long had he "stayed fat" for his friend?

(see the answer key)

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