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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. How long did the pianist live in the author's mom's apartment?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 9 years.

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

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

4. What did the person who told the author he lost force him to do in Chapter 6?
(a) To leave the park.
(b) To run his errands.
(c) To give Tobey his Cotton candy.
(d) To feel his private parts.

5. How did the author feel about their arrival in Chapter 4?
(a) He was anxious.
(b) He was excited.
(c) He dreaded it.
(d) He was scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, why did the author have to go to the location he did?

2. What does the author describe at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. Which of the following was NOT an outcome of Ligget's punishment?

4. How did the author's father die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Chapters 4 and 5 represent?

2. When and who did the author visit in Florida?

3. What did Jean realize he needed in order to make money in Florida in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happened to Tobey after the author went with him and his family?

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

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