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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 do Toby and his mother do during the evenings?
(a) They go for walks and fantasize about buying houses.
(b) Toby's mother flirts with the landlord while Toby is left alone.
(c) Toby's mother helps him with his schoolwork.
(d) They have dinner at a local church.

2. What are the names of the two boys Toby hangs out with?
(a) Arthur and Skipper.
(b) Dwight and Roy.
(c) Terry and Terry.
(d) Mark and Shawn.

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

4. How does Toby's mother decide where they are moving?
(a) She has a job prospect in another state.
(b) She asks Toby where he would like to live.
(c) Friends have invited her to stay with them.
(d) She picks a city at random.

5. What is the upsetting question Roy asks Toby?
(a) If Toby wanted to go on a trip with Roy.
(b) What Toby would think of having a little brother.
(c) If Toby had been playing with the gun unsupervised.
(d) How much Toby loved his mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the nun who teaches Toby's catechism class?

3. Why do Toby and his mother leave Moab, Utah?

4. Why does Toby like playing with the rifle?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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