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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Pearl and Toby do when Rosemary takes their picture?
(a) Put their arms around each other.
(b) Refuse to smile.
(c) Make faces.
(d) Hold hands, but make their hands go limp.

2. Why doesn't Toby like Dwight?
(a) Because Dwight is mean to Toby.
(b) Because Dwight tries to discipline Toby.
(c) Because Toby is afraid Dwight will make them move.
(d) Because Dwight is a pleaser.

3. Why does Toby allow others to think he won the fight with Arthur?
(a) To separate himself from Arthur.
(b) To gain Dwight's approval.
(c) So other kids won't mess with Toby.
(d) To make a reputation as a cool kid.

4. What is the significance of the particularly cruel woman in the crowd during the game being dressed in curlers and toreador pants?
(a) It represents the insensible cruelty of society.
(b) It shows the woman is crazy or has been the victim of abuse.
(c) It shows that the woman has no fashion sense.
(d) It mirrors the falseness of Rosemary's interest in parenting.

5. What does Skipper's car look like when he returns from Mexico?
(a) The upholstery is beautiful.
(b) Skipper was sold cheap leather upholstery.
(c) Skipper doesn't return.
(d) It has been destroyed by a sandstorm.

6. How does Toby view his move to Chinook?
(a) A chance to make new friends.
(b) An opportunity to create a new identity.
(c) A bad thing.
(d) A chance to have a real family.

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

8. What does Toby say while in the bathroom that he did over Thanksgiving?
(a) Kissed a girl.
(b) Shot and killed a turkey.
(c) Visited his mother's boyfriend in Chinook.
(d) Won a shooting contest.

9. What is ironic about Dwight forcing Toby to admit he is a liar?
(a) Toby lies about the lies he tells.
(b) Dwight has done nothing but lie since Toby met him.
(c) Dwight is able to make Toby behave, while Rosemary cannot.
(d) Toby was not lying when he said he felt sick to his stomach.

10. How do Toby and Arthur make up?
(a) Toby offers to do Arthur's homework.
(b) Toby apologizes to Arthur.
(c) They don't make up.
(d) They meet each other in the street and start telling jokes.

11. What year is the Ford that Skipper works through high school to rebuild?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1950.

12. Toby is crushed when he realizes that Bobby and Norma were having sex while he played basketball. What does this prompt Toby to fantasize about?
(a) Hitting Norma for betraying him, and then forgiving her.
(b) Beating Bobby up.
(c) Getting horribly injured in Norma's presence and being nursed back to health by her.
(d) Winning a basketball game to get Norma's attention.

13. What do Pearl and Toby NOT do while waiting in the car for Dwight and Rosemary?
(a) Tell stories.
(b) Listen to the radio.
(c) Try to drive each other crazy.
(d) Sing the words to American Bandstand.

14. Where does the vice principal accuse Toby of vandalizing the bathroom wall?
(a) Toby's classroom.
(b) The nurse's office.
(c) The main office.
(d) The bathroom.

15. What does Dwight do when Toby walks by the makeshift practice range in the hallway?
(a) Waits until Toby is gone to continue shooting.
(b) Aims the barrel of his gun at Toby until Toby leaves the room.
(c) Shoots at Toby but misses due to his poor aim.
(d) Yells at Toby to get out of the way.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Toby like Norma's boyfriend Bobby?

2. Why does it upset Toby when Pearl throws her arms around Rosemary?

3. Which of the following did Rosemary's father NOT do?

4. Why do Toby and his mother believe they will be successful in Utah?

5. Why does Toby act like he is sorry about the fight with Arthur?

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