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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. After "Crispy Pork Rinds" folded, how many hollow gumballs did Byrnes and Moby distribute to people who had "wronged" them?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 10.

2. How many total swimmers (boys and girls) are on the school's swim team?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

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

4. When the CAT discussion on abortion begins, who presents their views first?
(a) Mark Brittain.
(b) Sally Eaton.
(c) Steve Ellerby.
(d) Megan Buckman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these students did NOT picket outside the town's abortion clinic?

2. Where did Moby and Ellerby first meet?

3. What stroke is Moby's swimming specialty?

4. What does the narrator's mother think his father teaches?

5. According to what Sarah Byrnes told Dale as he suggested topics for his first article, what did Sarah Byrnes see herself as?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Ellerby react at the "special" Saturday practice when Brittain and his lane members bow for prayer before beginning their set?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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