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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Her life will be filled with wonderful things.
(b) Toby's mother is Irish.
(c) Riding on the float is the last happy moment she had.
(d) Toby's mother had a privileged childhood.

3. What color do Toby and Dwight paint the house?
(a) Black.
(b) They do not paint the house.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

4. What does Toby tell his mother happened to the squirrel he shot?
(a) Roy killed the squirrel.
(b) Toby shot it.
(c) A friend from school dared him to shoot it.
(d) He does not know how the squirrel died.

5. Why does Arthur punch Toby?
(a) Toby kicked Arthur's dog.
(b) Arthur is a bully.
(c) Toby is teasing Arthur about his weight.
(d) Toby calls Arthur a sissy.

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

7. Why does Toby like Norma's boyfriend Bobby?
(a) Bobby reminds Toby of his older brother.
(b) Bobby gives Toby advice about how to play basketball.
(c) Bobby lets Toby drink with him and Norma.
(d) Bobby gives Toby money.

8. 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.

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

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

11. 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) Pearl fears her father.
(b) Pearl and Toby act as a support system for each other.
(c) Pearl has feelings for Toby.
(d) Both Pearl and Toby are victims of Dwight's cruelty.

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

13. Why do Toby and his mother believe they will be successful in Utah?
(a) Housing is cheap.
(b) They have had it rough and deserve some good luck.
(c) Toby's mother has received a promising job offer.
(d) The job market is very healthy.

14. How does Toby plan to convince the people he meets that he is a jock or a brain?
(a) He hopes others will see the potential in him to become a jock or a brain.
(b) He plans to threaten others if they do not believe him.
(c) He believes they will trust that he is who he says he is.
(d) He hopes he will be able to show off his strength and intelligence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Skipper go to Tijuana, Mexico?

2. What event prompts Toby to rethink forgiving his father for abandoning him?

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

4. Why does Toby allow others to think he won the fight with Arthur?

5. What do Pearl and Toby do when Rosemary takes their picture?

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