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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. Where did the author take refuge after he and Tobey stopped exploring together?
(a) Under the front porch.
(b) The tree house.
(c) Under his bed.
(d) The dog house.

2. What is described at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) How the author injured the pianist.
(b) How the pianist hurt Dagmar.
(c) How the author left home.
(d) How the relationship of the pianist and Dagmar ended.

3. What did the author and Tobey ride when the author went with Tobey's family in Chapter 6?
(a) A Ferris wheel.
(b) The Scrambler.
(c) Go carts.
(d) Bumper cars.

4. Where was the Southbury Training School?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Maine.
(d) Maryland.

5. In what season did the author's friendship blossom, in Chapter 3?
(a) Fall.
(b) Wintertime.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summertime.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 1, what does a first person biography offer?

2. What did the author and the other boys accuse Ligget of being?

3. Where did the author choose to sleep due to his fears about Southbury Training School, in Chapter 4?

4. How does Chapter 7 end?

5. What was the name of the person the author mentioned being frightened by in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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