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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. What is Tommy Lawson's son selling when he knocks on Taft's door in Chapter 10?
(a) Kitchen knives.
(b) Coupon books.
(c) Candy bars.
(d) Magazine subscriptions.

2. What does Carl thank John for at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Letting him hang around Muddy's.
(b) Driving Fay home.
(c) The boxing lesson.
(d) Taking care of him weeks ago.

3. What is Carl doing when John asks him to help with the deck in Chapter 12?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Reading a school book.
(c) Lifting weights.
(d) Eating breaksfast.

4. According to Ruth, what are the Woodmoores trying to convince Marion of in Chapter 9?
(a) Giving up nursing.
(b) Leaving Franklin with them.
(c) Staying another week.
(d) Taking back John.

5. How does Fay get back into Muddy's in Chapter 11?
(a) She jimmies the front door lock.
(b) She comes in the back door.
(c) She has stolen and copied John's key.
(d) She breaks a window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who holds John's neck throughout most of Chapter 11?

2. Which character dies over the course of the novel?

3. Why is Wallace surprised by in Chapter 7?

4. Why is Carl not with Taft when he dies in Chapter 12?

5. What does Taft do as soon as he returns home from the mechanic in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is John's catharsis at the end of Taft?

2. What does Fay ask John at dinner in Chapter 9?

3. How does Taft die in Chapter 12?

4. What happens at dinner in Chapter 7.

5. What does Wallace tell John about Carl in Chapter 8?

6. Why is Taft shaken by the site of Carl's accident in Chapter 10?

7. What confrontation do John and Carl have in Chapter 8?

8. How do Ruth, Fay and Cyndi gang up on John at the beginning of Chapter 9?

9. Why is John deeply gladdened by his morning with Marion and Franklin in Chapter 11?

10. Describe John and Fay's interaction in Chapter 7.

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