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

2. In Dale's opinion, what is the very worst thing to be called by someone else?
(a) Poor.
(b) A thief.
(c) A moron.
(d) A liar.

3. What is the name of the principal at the high school?
(a) Mr. Mautz.
(b) Mr. Patterson.
(c) Mr. Ellerby.
(d) Mr. Byrnes.

4. How many students in the CAT class does Moby know have picketed outside the town's abortion clinic?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

5. On the 95th 100, how many seconds do Ellerby and Moby plan to go under the standard?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jody and Moby meet after Moby's swim practice, what does Jody tell Moby?

2. Who is the first person during the abortion discussion to bring up the argument that abortion is not murder; it is a choice?

3. According to what Moby tells the hospital counselor, how many times has Moby been to Sarah Byrnes' house since meeting her in grade school?

4. What does CAT stand for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 his mother, what attribute does the narrator possess that his father did not?

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

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

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