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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Uncool (pgs. 37-47).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts Toby to convince his mother to buy him souvenirs?
(a) Toby is taunted by other children and feels snubbed.
(b) Toby discovers he has lost all his toys in their move.
(c) His mother secures a job that pays well.
(d) Toby witnesses a truck drive over a cliff.

2. Where do Toby and his mother settle?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Austin, Texas.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

3. What do Roy and Toby do every day?
(a) Make dinner before Toby's mother comes home.
(b) Wait for Toby's mother to follow her home from work.
(c) Shoot cans.
(d) Read a book.

4. Why does the housekeeper's boyfriend show Toby pictures of his friends and corpses?
(a) Toby's father was in the military.
(b) Toby wants to be a Marine when he grows up.
(c) He hopes they'll keep Toby out of the military.
(d) He wants Toby to like him.

5. Why do Toby and his mother leave Moab, Utah?
(a) Any mining fortune to be made has already been made.
(b) Toby's mother is offered a job in Salt Lake City.
(c) Toby's mother decides to return to her hometown in California.
(d) Moab's schools are not suitable for Toby.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Toby's mother was little, she rode in a parade float called the "End of the Rainbow." What does this suggest about Toby's mother?

2. What does Toby's mother do when she feels guilty about how he is treated?

3. Why is Toby afraid to say anything bad about Roy when his mother asks what he thinks about leaving Roy?

4. What television show does Toby watch every day with his friends?

5. What does Toby's mother believe she will get a job doing in Utah?

(see the answer key)

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