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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. What does CAT stand for?
(a) Contemporary American Thought.
(b) Contemplative American Thought.
(c) Categorical American Thought.
(d) Creative American Thought.

2. When the story opens, the narrator is describing when his father left his mother. At that time, how much longer did the narrator still have in the "darkroom"?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two months.

3. According to Jody and Moby's discussion, what isn't getting talked about in the CAT discussion of abortion?
(a) The emptiness.
(b) The procedure.
(c) The science.
(d) The health risks.

4. Where does Huey-Dewey live?
(a) In an apartment.
(b) In a cellar.
(c) In a house.
(d) In a storage unit.

5. According to what Moby tells the hospital counselor, when did Dale Thornton drop out of school?
(a) After ninth grade.
(b) After seventh grade.
(c) After eighth grade.
(d) After tenth grade.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator characterize the world in his CAT class discussion?

3. According to Moby, what does Sarah Byrnes' father make Mr. Mautz look like in comparison?

4. How many swimmers finish the full 100 100's?

5. According to Sarah Byrnes, what is in Dale Thornton's front yard?

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

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

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

5. Why does the narrator's English teacher call him Double-E?

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

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

8. Why does Ms. Lemry say she'll sign Mark's drop card, but refuse to sign Jody's drop card?

9. Which of Moby's dysfunctional behaviors does his mother hate the most?

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

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