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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 is the name of the narrator's coach?
(a) Coach Lemry.
(b) Coach Mautz.
(c) Coach Crossley.
(d) Coach Stone.

2. How many swimmers finish the full 100 100's?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. According to Sarah Byrnes' theory, who told Dale Thornton that Moby was responsible for "Crispy Pork Rinds"?
(a) Mr. Mautz.
(b) Mr. Patterson.
(c) Ms. Lemry.
(d) Coach Stone.

4. As Moby reflects on his date with Jody, Moby realizes that he needs to have a talk with someone. Who does Moby need to talk with?
(a) Mr. Ellerby.
(b) Steve Ellerby.
(c) Sarah Byrnes.
(d) His mother.

5. Which of these students did NOT picket outside the town's abortion clinic?
(a) Steve Ellerby.
(b) Sally Eaton.
(c) Mark Brittain.
(d) Cynthia Parrish.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what does he share with his hospitalized friend?

2. Why did Sarah Byrnes crash into her dad the night she was burned?

3. According to Sarah Byrnes, why did she come to the mental hospital faking her break?

4. In Chapter 3, Moby and Ellerby are heading towards a "special" workout. How many 100's are scheduled for the day's workout?

5. During his senior year when Moby goes to find Dale Thornton again, what is Dale doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Huey-Dewey?

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