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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. Who of the following is NOT mentioned being with the author at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Jean.
(b) Alison.
(c) Tobey.
(d) His mother.

2. What was the prize for the competition the author and Tobey competed in?
(a) Free tickets to other rides at the carnival.
(b) Cotton candy.
(c) A silver pistol.
(d) A stuffed animal.

3. What does the author recall in the final section of Chapter 1?
(a) His childhood friend.
(b) His mom singing.
(c) His dad's voice.
(d) Waking in a white room filled with sunshine.

4. Who of the following was NOT an important person to the author's childhood?
(a) Tobey.
(b) Alison.
(c) Jean.
(d) The author's mom.

5. What does the author recall about the conditions of the person he remembers in Chapter 1?
(a) That he was poor.
(b) That he was in and out of mental hospitals during his childhood.
(c) That he was rich.
(d) That he was a stable, reliable man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. What did the author and his family salvage in Chapter 6?

3. What was the name of the author's friend that he narrates about in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 3, what did Jean do?

5. Why were the author and his family traveling at the beginning of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

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

4. What was the result of Ligget's trial?

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

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

7. Describe who Tobey was?

8. Where did Dagmar and Donald go together?

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

10. What happened to Alison at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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