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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Citizenship in the Home (pgs. 145-154).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Toby afraid to say anything bad about Roy when his mother asks what he thinks about leaving Roy?
(a) Toby is afraid his mother will tell Roy, and Roy will take it out on Toby.
(b) Toby thinks he will not be allowed to take the rifle if he says he doesn't like Roy.
(c) Toby doesn't want to talk about Roy behind his back.
(d) Toby is afraid his mother will use it against him if she and Roy get back together.

2. Kenneth spends all of his time in Dwight's house:
(a) Making snide comments about the Christmas tree.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Insulting the family.
(d) Goading Toby into a fight.

3. Toby is crushed when he realizes that Bobby and Norma were having sex while he played basketball. What does this prompt Toby to fantasize about?
(a) Winning a basketball game to get Norma's attention.
(b) Beating Bobby up.
(c) Hitting Norma for betraying him, and then forgiving her.
(d) Getting horribly injured in Norma's presence and being nursed back to health by her.

4. Toby braces himself "for the next curve" at the end of Chapter 3. Which of the following does this NOT refer to?
(a) Literally, the next curve in the road.
(b) The dangerous life curve his mother has put him on.
(c) The next curveball Dwight throws him.
(d) Toby's opportunity to start a better life.

5. Why does Toby steal things?
(a) He gets great satisfaction from stealing.
(b) Stealing is the only way he can get the things he wants.
(c) His friends dare him.
(d) He wants to prove how cool he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the particularly cruel woman in the crowd during the game being dressed in curlers and toreador pants?

2. What does Norma ask Rosemary?

3. What do Rosemary and Toby do when they leave the West Seattle apartment?

4. Toby says the Irish tenor in the Champagne Orchestra is singing for his life. This mirrors how Toby feels about:

5. Which of the following did Rosemary's father NOT do?

(see the answer key)

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