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

2. What did the author and the other boys accuse Ligget of being?
(a) Fat.
(b) A racist.
(c) Funny.
(d) A bigot.

3. Which of the following was NOT an outcome of Ligget's punishment?
(a) He got a stomach virus.
(b) The other boys were never punished.
(c) He never went back to school.
(d) He was taken to the hospital with a broken jaw.

4. What does the prologue offer the reader?
(a) An excuse to read more.
(b) A sense of the author as a human being.
(c) A background on the author's family.
(d) Describe's the author's visions.

5. Where were the series of joke items purchased that were played on Jean by the pianist?
(a) Wal-Mart.
(b) The grovery store.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) A novelty store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ligget?

2. What does the author describe being blurred in the final section of Chapter 1?

3. Where did the author go the day he parted with his friend in Chapter 3?

4. What did the person who told the author he lost do to make Tobey lose the game in Chapter 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who does the author narrate having a frightening encounter with?

2. Where did Dagmar and Donald go together?

3. Who does the author recall in the first chapter, and what does he recall?

4. Why was the author afraid of the cabin in Chapter 4?

5. What did Tobey and the author do when the author went with Tobey's family?

6. What happened at the school the author attended in Chapter 1?

7. Describe the author's writing style in the first chapter.

8. What did the author and Tobey discover in Chapter 6?

9. Who moved into the author's apartment in Chapter 5?

10. What does the author say about Donald?

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