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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Citizenship in the School (pgs. 181-191).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Norma ask Rosemary?
(a) How to raise a family.
(b) What advice Rosemary can give Norma about marrying Kenneth.
(c) Why Rosemary married Dwight.
(d) How old Rosemary was when she first married.

3. What does the contrast between the piano's black keys and the rest of Dwight's house symbolize?
(a) There are only slight imperfections in Dwight and Rosemary's relationship.
(b) The family's "new beginning" is tainted.
(c) Life is never perfect.
(d) The house is dirty.

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

5. What do Dwight and Toby find when they go upstairs to retrieve the chestnuts Toby peeled?
(a) The chestnuts are covered in mold and the road kill "beaver pelt" is nearly petrified.
(b) Something has eaten most of the chestnuts.
(c) A mouse has made a nest in Dwight's "beaver pelt."
(d) The towel the chestnuts were resting on is completely orange.

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. Why does Skipper decide not to take Toby with him to Mexico?

3. What did the note from Sister James say?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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