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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. According to Sarah Byrnes' theory, who told Dale Thornton that Moby was responsible for "Crispy Pork Rinds"?
(a) Ms. Lemry.
(b) Mr. Patterson.
(c) Mr. Mautz.
(d) Coach Stone.

2. What is the occupation of Moby's mother?
(a) A nurse.
(b) An accountant.
(c) A chef.
(d) A writer.

3. Who is NOT enrolled in Ms. Lemry's CAT class?
(a) Mark Brittain.
(b) Jody Mueller.
(c) Dale Thornton.
(d) Steve Ellerby.

4. What is the name of the narrator's English teacher?
(a) Ms. Lemry.
(b) Mr. Mautz.
(c) Mr. Stone.
(d) Ms. Shipley.

5. According to the narrator, what does he share with his hospitalized friend?
(a) Terminal stupids.
(b) Terminal uglies.
(c) Terminal crazies.
(d) Terminal scaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Sarah Byrnes and Dale Thornton got into a major fight over what really happened to cause Sarah Byrnes' scars, how many more editions of "Crispy Pork Rinds" were printed?

2. At the time Dale suggested topics for his first article, how many issues of "Crispy Pork Rinds" had already been published?

3. When questioned about creating the junior high newspaper, what did the narrator do?

4. After finishing practice at the beginning of the book, where does the narrator go?

5. What color does the person visiting Sarah Byrnes in Chapter 6 traditionally wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Mark Brittain give to Ms. Lemry as an explanation for why he and Jody want to drop the CAT class?

2. How does Ellerby react at the "special" Saturday practice when Brittain and his lane members bow for prayer before beginning their set?

3. How do the counselors on the psych unit know that Sarah Byrnes can hear them?

4. Why does Moby not keep a journal - even though his mother has been encouraging him to do so since grade school?

5. How does the narrator describe his hospitalized friend without spirit in her eyes?

6. Back in junior high, what was the deal that Sarah Byrnes offered to Dale Thornton while they were in Moby's attic room?

7. According to what Ellerby tells Moby, why has Ellerby to this point stayed as far away from Sarah Byrnes as possible?

8. What does the tattoo on Dale Thornton's forearm say?

9. When Mark and Jody are trying to drop the CAT class, what does Moby whisper into Jody's ear?

10. According to what the narrator's hospitalized friend told him, why were her burns never surgically corrected?

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