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. What is the name of Ellerby's car?
(a) The Christian Crammer.
(b) The Christian Cruiser.
(c) The Christian Bug.
(d) The Cruising Christian.

5. What does the narrator's mother think his father teaches?
(a) Geology.
(b) Genealogy.
(c) Gemology.
(d) Geography.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 6 when Moby goes to visit Sarah Byrnes, who is already with her when Moby arrives?

2. When Ellerby is called on to present his ideas around the abortion issue, what does Ellerby change the discussion to?

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

4. What stroke is Moby's swimming specialty?

5. As Sarah Byrnes' visitor is leaving in Chapter 6, what does her visitor ask Moby?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Moby returns to his desk after Jody and Mark decide to remain in the CAT class, Moby finds a note waiting for him. Who is the note from and what does it say?

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

3. What advice does the counselor give to the narrator when he first visits his friend at the hospital?

4. 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?

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

6. According to Moby, why were he and Sarah Byrnes able to produce such a high-quality publication in junior high school when they published "Crispy Pork Rinds"?

7. Name Mark Brittain's three brothers and one sister.

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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