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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. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, why does Bobby's lunch friend say they tried to kiss their elbow after falling out of tree?
(a) Because if they kissed their elbow they could change from a boy to a girl.
(b) Because if they kissed their elbow their bone would instantly heal.
(c) Because if they kissed their elbow, they would have good luck for seven years.
(d) Because if they kissed their elbow, they would meet their true love.

2. In the Italicized section of Chapter 3, in what subject does the girl get a B?
(a) Religion.
(b) Math.
(c) English.
(d) Science.

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what does Bobby realize is missing from the plane?
(a) The navigation rack.
(b) The fuselage.
(c) The steering column.
(d) The satellite phone.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what do Bobby and his sister do all day on her eighteenth birthday?
(a) Go to a fancy restaurant.
(b) Read old Life magazines.
(c) Go to a movie.
(d) Go out to play music.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, What is Bobby's lunch date's realization that they have in the middle of the night?
(a) There are many Gods and they do not care about humans.
(b) There is one God and God is perfect.
(c) There is a God and he is ancient.
(d) There is no God and I am she.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what does Bobby realize when he gets back to his apartment after talking to Oiler?

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 1, who does the girl say she can smell outside the door?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, where does Oiler's sister live?

4. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, who does the carpentry to fix up the girl's room?

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what does the kid say that nobody wants to talk about the speed of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Oiler going to do on his dive job in Venezuela?

2. What part does Bobby's father play in World War II?

3. What does Bobby find in his paternal grandmother's basement after her funeral?

4. How does the Kid talk? What is the reader's impression of the Kid from the ways he talks and the language that he uses.

5. Before the girl ends her life in the Wisconsin woods, who comes to see her a final time in her room in Chicago?

6. In Chapter 2, why does Bobby rent a boat and sail around the little cluster of islands off the coast of Mississippi?

7. Who is the bathless one and what does he do?

8. What does Oiler say that he regrets the most about his time in Vietnam?

9. How does the fire start in Bianca's apartment?

10. What does Bobby do with what he finds in his grandmother's basement?

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