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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 happens to Gunnar and his sisters daily with the other children?
(a) They are beaten every day.
(b) They play with the others every day.
(c) They and the other children are chased out of stores everyday.
(d) Gunnar and his sisters beat up the other children everyday.

2. What was Euripides Kaufman's position in life?
(a) The servant in a New York mansion.
(b) He was a Baptist minister.
(c) He owned a farm in Pennsylvania.
(d) A slave in Boston.

3. What does Gunnar do before they move?
(a) Writes all his friends a letter.
(b) Wrecks the house.
(c) Gets kicked out of school.
(d) Steals the car keys so they can't move.

4. Where does Gunnar's father work?
(a) The Los Angeles Police Department.
(b) The school board.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) In a health food restaurant.

5. What kind of stories does Gunnar's mother tell him?
(a) Stories of Africa.
(b) Fables with a moral.
(c) Humorous stories.
(d) Family history.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick do to keep attention away from him?

2. What is every member of Gunnar's high school required to attend monthly?

3. Why is Wolfgang fired?

4. What happens when two girls charge the swings where Gunnar and his sisters are?

5. Why can Gunnar walk the neighborhood without fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Gunnar meets Nick and some of Nick's friends for lunch?

2. What kind of work does Ludwig do and what may he unintentionally have done?

3. With whom has Gunnar become friends in the three years in his new neighborhood and why can he walk unafraid there? What is one of the disadvantages of one of his friends?

4. Why does Gunnar's mother send her children outside and where do they go? In what kind of condition is the place?

5. With whom does Gunnar make friends during his first semester at his new school and what does he choose in his second semester schedule?

6. Why is the receptionist at the school surprised to see Gunnar and what does she tell him about his aptitude testing?

7. How does the Gun Totin' Hooligans decide to avenge Pumpkin and why is Gunnar involved? How does their plan work out?

8. How does Gunnar feel about organized basketball and why? What changes for Nick and Gunnar because of basketball and how do they deal with the change?

9. What does Nick do to handle some of the attention directed at him and how does that affect Gunnar?

10. What does Gunnar recall about living in Santa Monica in Chapter 2 and why does he join the Cub Scouts? How does the Scouts work out for him?

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