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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Toby's mother agree to let Gil buy Toby a bike?
(a) She thinks it will make Toby like her.
(b) She can't afford to buy him a bike herself.
(c) She wants Toby to have toys like other boys his age.
(d) She won't get alone time with Gil unless Toby gets his way.

2. When Dwight drives drunk after visiting Marblemount tavern, Pearl grabs Toby when Dwight takes sharp curves. What does this show about Pearl and Toby's relationship?
(a) Both Pearl and Toby are victims of Dwight's cruelty.
(b) Pearl has feelings for Toby.
(c) Pearl and Toby act as a support system for each other.
(d) Pearl fears her father.

3. What does Dwight do on the drive to Chinook?
(a) He hits a beaver walking across the road.
(b) He talks with Toby and asks about his interests.
(c) He asks questions about Rosemary.
(d) He tells Toby how happy he is to have Toby in his life.

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

5. What is Toby's favorite after school activity?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Pretending to shoot people with his rifle from inside the apartment.
(c) Writing letters to his penpal.
(d) Reading comic books.

6. Why does Toby say he wants to kill Dwight?
(a) To shut Dwight up.
(b) To hurt Rosemary.
(c) To keep Dwight from hurting Rosemary.
(d) To win Norma's approval.

7. What does Gil call Toby?
(a) Tory.
(b) Judd.
(c) Jack.
(d) Mike.

8. What do Rosemary and Toby do when they leave the West Seattle apartment?
(a) Move into a house scheduled for demolition.
(b) Find a different apartment.
(c) Move in with Gil.
(d) Return to live with Roy.

9. What is Toby's mother's name?
(a) Annette.
(b) Kathy.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) The reader does not know.

10. Why are Toby and his mother leaving Florida for Utah?
(a) Toby's mother thinks Toby will receive a better education there.
(b) They are trying to escape Toby's mother's boyfriend.
(c) Toby's mother has been offered a job in Utah.
(d) Toby's father lives in Utah.

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

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

13. What is the significance of Dwight's story about the salmon that risk their lives on their journey to Chinook, spawn, and then die?
(a) Dwight would like to take Toby fishing.
(b) Unlike Rosemary, Dwight believes it takes hard work and determination to get what you want.
(c) The same will happen to Toby and his mother if they move to Chinook.
(d) Life is a long and ultimately fruitless journey.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the upsetting question Roy asks Toby?

2. How does Rosemary punish Toby?

3. What does Dwight make Toby do to keep him busy?

4. Where does the vice principal accuse Toby of vandalizing the bathroom wall?

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

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