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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. Why are Toby and his mother leaving Florida for Utah?
(a) Toby's mother thinks Toby will receive a better education there.
(b) Toby's mother has been offered a job in Utah.
(c) Toby's father lives in Utah.
(d) They are trying to escape Toby's mother's boyfriend.

2. What is NOT one of the reasons Toby wears his hair slicked back?
(a) His mother doesn't like it.
(b) Toby thinks it makes him look cool.
(c) Both his friends wear their hair the same way.
(d) He can only wash it once a week.

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

4. Why doesn't Toby's mother want him to take the rifle to Seattle with them?
(a) She thinks Toby likes Roy better than he likes her.
(b) She doesn't think Toby deserves to have the rifle.
(c) She doesn't like guns, and it won't fit in the car.
(d) She's afraid it will cause trouble.

5. What do Toby and the rest of the Archery Club shoot at?
(a) Each other.
(b) Cats and dogs.
(c) Tin cans and trash bags.
(d) Cats and each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the upsetting question Roy asks Toby?

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

3. What does Toby tell his mother happened to the squirrel he shot?

4. Why does the housekeeper's boyfriend show Toby pictures of his friends and corpses?

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

(see the answer key)

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