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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the author NOT use to describe the sun in Chapter 6?
(a) Hot.
(b) Shapeless.
(c) White.
(d) Scorching.

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

3. According to Chapter 1, what does a first person biography offer?
(a) A personal opinion about life.
(b) A broader scope over its personal context.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Historical insight.

4. What did the author's fear drive him to do?
(a) Sleep with the lights on.
(b) Leave the cabin.
(c) Watch TV.
(d) Go to work with his parents.

5. Where did the author go the day he parted with his friend in Chapter 3?
(a) His sister, Alison's.
(b) His paternal grandmother's.
(c) His maternal grandmother's.
(d) His dad's.

6. What are the contents of Chapters 4 and 5 examples of?
(a) A description of relationships.
(b) A "coming of age" story.
(c) Prose.
(d) Unrealistic and unnecessary to the context of the book.

7. Where did the author go with Tobey and his family in Chapter 6?
(a) To dinner.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The beach.
(d) A county fair.

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

9. What did the frightening experience the author recalled at the end of Chapter 2 do for him?
(a) Made him quit smoking.
(b) Changed his view of the world.
(c) Made him a better man.
(d) Made him never drink alcohol.

10. How many months pregnant was Dagmar in Chapter 6?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 5 months.

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

12. Where was the author's apartment in Chapter 5?
(a) Maine.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) New York.
(d) Ft. Lauderdale.

13. What did the author pretend to do on the car ride home in Chapter 6?
(a) Be mad.
(b) Be happy.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Sing.

14. How did the author's father die?
(a) From cancer.
(b) From a car accident.
(c) From a boating accident.
(d) In his sleep.

15. Where was the experimental boarding school the author describes in Chapter 1?
(a) Ft. Lauderdale.
(b) England.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Jacksonville, Fl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a description made by the author about the pianist?

2. What did the author and Tobey ride when the author went with Tobey's family in Chapter 6?

3. Where was the Southbury Training School?

4. What did the author and Tobey compete in, in Chapter 6?

5. What does the author feel is necessary to be interrupted?

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