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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6, 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the author and his family traveling at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) To start a new life.
(b) To sell their car.
(c) To travel and sing together.
(d) To visit his grandmother.

2. What did the author and Tobey compete in, in Chapter 6?
(a) A race.
(b) Ring Toss.
(c) A hot dog eating contest.
(d) Home run derby.

3. What does the author feel is necessary to be interrupted?
(a) The order of the universe.
(b) People speaking.
(c) Incorrect grammar.
(d) The order of life.

4. What other memory does the author also narrate at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Going fishing.
(b) A conversation he had with his mom.
(c) A frightening encounter with Jean's alcoholic brother.
(d) A near death experience.

5. What did the person who told the author he lost do to make Tobey lose the game in Chapter 6?
(a) Was not watching to validly say who won or lost.
(b) Moved his rings aside.
(c) Blocked the finish line.
(d) Did not time the race.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Southbury Training School?

2. What was the verdict of Ligget's trial?

3. How did the author's father die?

4. Who does Chapter 5 describe?

5. What did the frightening experience the author recalled at the end of Chapter 2 do for him?

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