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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. When Brittain confronts Moby about the 100's set in CAT, why does Moby tell Brittain that Brittain had a free ride for the first 97 100's?
(a) Brittain used his fins.
(b) Brittain never set the pace.
(c) Brittain drafted off of Moby.
(d) Brittain had a calmer lane.

2. When Moby and his mother discuss her boyfriend's modesty levels, who does Moby say his mother's boyfriend is too modest for?
(a) Snoop Dog.
(b) Frank Sinatra.
(c) Barry Manilow.
(d) Vanilla Ice.

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

4. What is the new position that Moby's junior high principal now holds at the high school?
(a) Vice-principal.
(b) School counselor.
(c) Truancy officer.
(d) Principal.

5. How old was Ellerby when his brother was killed?
(a) Twelve years old.
(b) Nine years old.
(c) Fourteen years old.
(d) Six years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the principal at the narrator's junior high school?

3. During his senior year when Moby goes to find Dale Thornton again, what is Dale doing?

4. When Ellerby and Moby begin discussing Ellerby's relationship with his father, how does Ellerby characterize the relationship?

5. What sport does the narrator definitely NOT want to participate in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to his mother, what attribute does the narrator possess that his father did not?

3. As the story opens, how does the narrator describe his mother?

4. According to what Dale Thornton tells Moby in front of Moby's house, how did Sarah Byrnes get the burns on her face?

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

6. How does Moby describe his high school principal?

7. According to the bumper sticker on Ellerby's car, what are the wages of sin?

8. Before visiting his friend in the hospital, how long had it been since the narrator had been on the psychiatric unit and why had he been there?

9. Describe the only time that Moby's mother had ever laid a hand on her son.

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

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