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

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the nun who teaches Toby's catechism class?
(a) Sister Roberts.
(b) Sister Paul.
(c) Sister James.
(d) Sister Patrick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Toby like playing with the rifle?

2. Why doesn't Roy go with Toby and his mother when they move?

3. What is the condition under which Toby's mother agrees to let him change his name?

4. What does Toby's mother make him promise before he can have Roy's rifle?

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

(see the answer key)

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