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

2. Why does Toby want Roy's Winchester .22 rifle?
(a) Having Roy's rifle would be an honor.
(b) He wants to shoot at cats in the churchyard.
(c) Toby believes it will give him a powerful, manly identity.
(d) He wants to impress his friends.

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

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

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

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

3. What does Toby's mother believe she will get a job doing in 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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