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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years older is Junior's mother than Junior's father?
(a) She is four years older.
(b) She is eight years older.
(c) She is ten years older.
(d) She is three years older.

2. When Junior sends Rowdy a picture of his smiling face, what does Rowdy respond with a picture of in Chapter 18: "Don't Trust Your Computer"?
(a) His bare bottom.
(b) Him flipping the bird.
(c) His smiling face.
(d) His girlfriend.

3. In Junior's drawing from Chapter 19: "My Sister Sends Me a Letter," he compares his sister's new home to what?
(a) A beaver dam.
(b) A castle.
(c) A tree house.
(d) A TV dinner tray.

4. What do Junior and Rowdy exchange in their encounter in Chapter 26: "Rowdy and I Have a Serious Discussion about Basketball"?
(a) Insults.
(b) Food.
(c) Gifts.
(d) Old memories.

5. Why does Mary say she is struggling to find a job in Chapter 19: "My Sister Sends Me a Letter"?
(a) She has no education.
(b) She has no experience.
(c) She is too old.
(d) She is from a different tribe.

6. What does Mary tell Junior to tell everyone when she closes her letter in Chapter 19: "My Sister Sends Me a Letter"?
(a) That she hates them all.
(b) That she loves and misses them.
(c) That she's glad she left.
(d) That she is having a baby.

7. What book title does Mary describe in Chapter 19: "My Sister Sends Me a Letter"?
(a) How to Run Away from Your House and Find Your Home.
(b) Thirteen Wandering Days and Nights in the Barracuda Desert.
(c) How to Roam Like the Buffalo.
(d) The Long and Silent Journey of the Earth.

8. Gordy says in Chapter 18: "Don't Trust Your Computer," "Well, life is a constant struggle between" what?
(a) Hope and failure.
(b) The successes of the wealthy and the struggles of the poor.
(c) Finding love and finding success.
(d) Being an individual and being a member of a community.

9. How many Mexican girls does Gordy say disappeared in the same area of Mexico as the white girl in the last three years, but that there was no news of them, in Chapter 16: "Rowdy Gives Me Advice About Love"?
(a) Over 50.
(b) Over 300.
(c) Over 200.
(d) Over 20.

10. How does Junior feel about his exchange with Rowdy in Chapter 26: "Rowdy and I Have a Serious Discussion about Basketball"?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Wounded.

11. What diner does Junior go to with his friends from Reardan in Chapter 17: "Dance, Dance, Dance"?
(a) Denny's.
(b) Waffle House.
(c) Tom's Diner.
(d) J. J.'s Diner.

12. Who does Junior see in the stands that gives him the courage to play against Wellpinit in the first basketball game of the season in Chapter 20: "Reindeer Games"?
(a) Rowdy and his girlfriend.
(b) Penelope and Earl.
(c) Roger.
(d) His parents and grandmother.

13. Why does Junior say that the people in Reardan assume the Indians from the reservation have plenty of money, in Chapter 17: "Dance, Dance, Dance"?
(a) Because they have nice cars.
(b) Because they have a casino.
(c) Because they dress well.
(d) Because they have large homes.

14. Junior says in Chapter 22: "Red Versus White," "I've learned that white people, especially fathers, are good at" what?
(a) Making a lot of money.
(b) Telling lies.
(c) Extolling virtues on others.
(d) Hiding in plain sight.

15. What does Junior describe his father's cowboy boot as smelling like in Chapter 21: "And a Partridge in a Pear Tree"?
(a) Smoke and tobacco.
(b) Hard work and rugged living.
(c) Booze and fear and failure.
(d) The cool, damp forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Eugene killed, according to Junior in Chapter 24: "Valentine Heart"?

2. Who is compared to Joel Wetzel on Junior's basketball team in Chapter 25: "In Like a Lion"?

3. What teacher insults Junior and causes the class to walk out in Chapter 24: "Valentine Heart"?

4. What is the worst character trait of Arnold Spirit, Sr., in the novel?

5. Who is the "Russian dude" that Gordy gives Junior a book by in Chapter 27: "Because Russian Guys Are Not Always Geniuses"?

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