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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. About how many hours per day does the narrator practice his sport?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. How long was Dale Thornton away from school after Mr. Mautz called Dale's father regarding the chewing tobacco?
(a) Six days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Three days.
(d) One week.

3. What nickname did Dale Thornton used to call Sarah Byrnes in junior high?
(a) Burn Baby.
(b) Crater Face.
(c) Burn girl.
(d) Scarface.

4. After doing 92 of the 100's, how many swimmers are left?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

5. According to the narrator, how long had he "stayed fat" for his friend?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eight months.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's English teacher?

2. What is the new position that Moby's junior high principal now holds at the high school?

3. What kind of car is Ellerby's vehicle?

4. What is Mr. Ellerby's occupation?

5. When the CAT class volunteer plays a tape to start his presentation, what song does the volunteer play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is nearly impossible for Moby to admit to other people?

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

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

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

5. Why does Ellerby sometimes threaten to give his Rottweiler to Moby?

6. What is the main reason that Moby does not let people get close to him?

7. In the CAT class, why does Ms. Lemry decide that the class will spend several days discussing the topic of abortion?

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

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

10. As the story opens, how does the narrator describe his father?

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