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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What privilege does Hugh give the boys after his fight with Laura at the end of Book Two?
(a) Additional allowance money.
(b) A later curfew.
(c) The choice to go to church or stay home.
(d) The opportunity to watch him practice pitching.

2. What does Peter give his mother as part of an apology in Book Three?
(a) A dozen roses.
(b) A new hairbrush.
(c) New lipstick.
(d) A basket of oranges.

3. How does Everett earn his first high school suspension?
(a) Stealing food from the lunchroom.
(b) Putting a tack on the teacher's chair.
(c) Bringing his dog to school.
(d) Having fist fights.

4. According to Irwin's paper in Book One, how tall is Grandawma?
(a) Five foot two.
(b) Four foot eleven.
(c) Five foot eight.
(d) Six feet tall.

5. What is the name of the team that Hugh played for in Oklahoma?
(a) The Senators.
(b) The White Sox.
(c) The Horned Frogs.
(d) The Cornhuskers.

6. What is Roy's favorite pastime?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Football.

7. Who is Grandawma's hero?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Charles Dillon.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Charles Darwin.

8. In Book Two, how many miles does Hugh start to run several times a week?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Twenty.

9. What does Everett call Hugh's fastball?
(a) The heater.
(b) The sinker.
(c) The scorcher.
(d) The rocket.

10. What school office does Everett hold his senior year in High School?
(a) Mascot.
(b) Student Body President.
(c) Senior Class President.
(d) Student Body Secretary.

11. What nickname does Everett give the Psalms in Boot Two?
(a) Preacher's propaganda.
(b) Tall tales.
(c) Dinosaur dictums.
(d) Betty Crocker.

12. What does Grandawma eat for her last meal?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Mashed potatoes.
(c) Carrot soup.
(d) A steak.

13. Where is Grandawma from?
(a) Washington.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Canada.
(d) England.

14. Why does drinking terrify Laura?
(a) All of the bums on the street were drunks.
(b) Her father was a drunk.
(c) It is a much preached against sin in her church.
(d) She is a recovering alcoholic herself.

15. To what church does Laura belong?
(a) Roman Catholic.
(b) Seventh Day Adventist.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Jehovah's Witness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Julie, Peter's high school girlfriend?

2. What does the Chance family call Hugh's practice in the shed?

3. What is Laura's mother's name?

4. How do the Chance boys know their father's pitching is improving after his surgery?

5. After the accident, who sends forty dollars to Hugh for him to use to buy himself a gift?

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