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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Howard make Toby uncomfortable?
(a) Toby thinks she can see right through him.
(b) Toby is afraid she will try to make him something he is not.
(c) Mrs. Howard is completely silent through their meal.
(d) Mrs. Howard doesn't like Toby.

2. What does Toby notice about Veronica's children?
(a) Their home life is no better than his.
(b) They do not look like their father.
(c) They are too morose to play.
(d) They have no hopes or dreams.

3. Why does Rosemary get a cease and desist order against Dwight?
(a) Dwight tries to strangle her.
(b) Dwight is stalking her.
(c) Dwight threatened to kill Toby.
(d) Dwight tried to get Rosemary fired.

4. What happens when Toby sees the drugstore clerk in line at the Order of the Arrow Scout meeting?
(a) Toby hides until the woman has passed.
(b) The woman doesn't notice Toby.
(c) The woman identifies him and demands someone call the police.
(d) Toby pretends he has never seen the woman, and she is fooled.

5. How does Toby find a letter from Rosemary's brother, Stephen?
(a) He finds it in the trash.
(b) He opens everyone else's mail.
(c) He looks through his family's belongings.
(d) Rosemary gives him the letter.

6. How does Toby react when he and Mr. Howard overhear Huff having an embarrassing conversation?
(a) He makes a face to show he is disgusted with the conversation.
(b) He ignores Huff and hopes Mr. Howard won't hear.
(c) He asks Mr. Howard if they can leave.
(d) He tells Huff to shut up.

7. What event prompts Rosemary to declare she and Toby will leave Dwight's house?
(a) Toby falls and lands on his injured arm when Dwight pushes him.
(b) Dwight beats Toby for drinking some of his Old Crow.
(c) Dwight threatens to kill Rosemary.
(d) Rosemary is offered a job in Seattle.

8. Why do Toby and his friends steal gas from the Welsh farm?
(a) They want to re-sell the gas.
(b) They want to drive to Bellingham.
(c) They hate the Welsh family.
(d) Huff has dared them to do it.

9. How does Dwight react when a friend of Rosemary's tells her he will get her a job out east?
(a) Dwight threatens to kill Toby if Rosemary moves.
(b) Dwight asks Rosemary's friend to find a job for him as well.
(c) Dwight attacks Rosemary's friend.
(d) Dwight drives Rosemary to a secluded area, drinks a bottle of liquor, and holds a knife to her neck for several hours.

10. After Rosemary and Toby talk about Toby's remaining tuition, Rosemary looks like she has dropped a burden. It is unclear if she is talking about:
(a) Toby's transgressions or her own.
(b) Her previous life or her poor decisions.
(c) Dwight or Arthur, Toby's father.
(d) Dwight or Toby.

11. Which of the following is not a condition Toby must agree to before he can live in Mr. Bolger's house?
(a) Toby cannot drink, smoke, or swear.
(b) Toby must help around the house and go to church.
(c) Toby cannot challenge Mr. Bolger's authority.
(d) Toby must do his schoolwork.

12. When Toby falls from a tree branch down a concrete hill, what demonstrates his disinterest in saving his own life?
(a) Drinking Hawaiian Punch and vodka.
(b) He does not cry for help.
(c) Climbing the tree branch.
(d) His hands are in his pockets.

13. Dwight really got the dog:
(a) To help him hunt.
(b) Because Rosemary thought Champion was cute.
(c) To irritate the neighbors.
(d) To guard the house.

14. What does Toby realize about himself when he sees himself in the mirror?
(a) He can still make something of himself in the world.
(b) The old Toby will not go away even if no one sees the real him.
(c) He is free of his mother's poor choices.
(d) The horrible part of his life is over.

15. How does Toby feel about morphine?
(a) If anyone at his school had done drugs, he would have found them and done it too.
(b) Toby remains addicted to it after he leaves the hospital.
(c) He neither likes nor dislikes it.
(d) He hates the way it makes his head feel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen offer in response to the letter Toby sends him?

2. At the Boy Scout Gathering of the Tribes, Toby plans to:

3. What does Norma ask Rosemary?

4. When does Toby get excited about the fight?

5. The next time Toby sees Bobby Crow after Norma has broken up with him, he notes that Bobby:

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