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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 sport does the narrator participate in?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Football.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Track.

2. In Chapter 3, Moby and Ellerby are heading towards a "special" workout. How many 100's are scheduled for the day's workout?
(a) 150.
(b) 100.
(c) 125.
(d) 75.

3. After doing 85 of the 100's, how many swimmers are left?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 6 when Moby goes to visit Sarah Byrnes, who is already with her when Moby arrives?
(a) Jody.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Mark.
(d) Steve.

5. What kind of car is Ellerby's vehicle?
(a) A Volkswagen.
(b) A Buick.
(c) A Pontiac.
(d) A Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "expose" on Mautz's illegitimate son for "Crispy Pork Rinds", how long did Mautz's son's illicit affair last?

2. What is the name of the newspaper the narrator and his friend created in junior high?

3. How many students in the CAT class does Moby know have picketed outside the town's abortion clinic?

4. When Sarah Byrnes finally begins to talk to Moby at the hospital, how long has it been since she was burned by her father?

5. Where does Huey-Dewey live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the deal regarding musical equipment that Moby and his mother have?

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

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

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

5. According to what the narrator's hospitalized friend told him, why were her burns never surgically corrected?

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

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

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

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

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

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