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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Toby's punishment for vandalizing the bathroom?
(a) He must repaint the whole bathroom.
(b) A two week suspension.
(c) A one week suspension, reduced from two weeks.
(d) Nothing; no one can prove he did it.

3. What do Toby and the rest of the Archery Club shoot at?
(a) Cats and dogs.
(b) Tin cans and trash bags.
(c) Cats and each other.
(d) Each other.

4. What does Dwight do when Toby needs new shoes?
(a) Makes Toby pay for new shoes.
(b) Buys brown loafers that Toby must use for everything.
(c) Forces Toby to wear the shoes he has outgrown.
(d) Buys several pairs of shoes in different sizes.

5. What news does Rosemary have for Toby after spending the weekend with Dwight?
(a) Dwight has asked her to move in with him.
(b) She is sending Toby to live with Dwight.
(c) Dwight has asked her to marry him.
(d) She and Dwight have broken up.

6. What does Dwight do when Toby walks by the makeshift practice range in the hallway?
(a) Yells at Toby to get out of the way.
(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) Waits until Toby is gone to continue shooting.

7. 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) She picks a city at random.
(d) Friends have invited her to stay with them.

8. Why doesn't Rosemary allow Marian to set Toby straight?
(a) Rosemary feels Marian is encroaching on her parenting.
(b) Rosemary says Toby is a good kid, and she doesn't believe in discipline.
(c) Rosemary doesn't care what Toby does.
(d) Rosemary doesn't believe Toby is acting poorly.

9. What does Toby's mother believe she will get a job doing in Utah?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Mining uranium.
(c) Waitressing.
(d) Managing a hotel.

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

11. Why do Toby and his mother leave Moab, Utah?
(a) Moab's schools are not suitable for Toby.
(b) Any mining fortune to be made has already been made.
(c) Toby's mother is offered a job in Salt Lake City.
(d) Toby's mother decides to return to her hometown in California.

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

13. What did the note from Sister James say?
(a) It invited Toby's family to a church potluck.
(b) It expressed concern about Toby's after school activities.
(c) It praised Toby and his involvement in his catechism classes.
(d) It asked Toby's mother to call Sister James.

14. What is the condition under which Toby's mother agrees to let him change his name?
(a) He will concentrate harder on his schoolwork.
(b) He does more chores around the house.
(c) He spends more time with her and her boyfriend.
(d) He agrees to complete catechism classes.

15. Which of the following sins does Toby not include in his baptism confession?
(a) He hates his father.
(b) He steals money from his mother's wallet.
(c) He talks behind his friends' backs.
(d) He has "bad thoughts."

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

4. Why does Toby say he wants to kill Dwight?

5. What does the principal say when he notices nicotine on Toby's fingers?

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