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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Toby ask Mr. Howard to pick him up in front of a crowded drugstore?
(a) The drugstore isn't far from Toby's school.
(b) Toby wants other kids to see him with a father-like figure.
(c) Toby doesn't trust Mr. Howard.
(d) Toby doesn't want Mr. Howard to see his house.

2. Which of the following does Chuck NOT do after he talks with the sheriff?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Tell the "Wolfman" that he loves him.
(c) Cry.
(d) Pound his fists on the floor of his room.

3. What does Toby buy at a drugstore?
(a) Beef jerky and whiskey.
(b) Pipe tobacco and Old Spice.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Condoms and alcohol.

4. Why does Dwight take an interest in Toby?
(a) Dwight hopes feigning affection for Toby will alleviate the problems in his relationship with Rosemary.
(b) Toby is being primed for a fight.
(c) Skipper and Norma no longer live at home.
(d) Dwight feels sorry for killing Toby's dog.

5. What does Toby find in Dwight's room?
(a) A gigantic stash of Old Crow.
(b) Toby's old Winchester.
(c) Scouting paperwork Dwight was supposed to turn in.
(d) The old horse chestnuts.

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

7. Why does no one stop the store clerk running after Toby?
(a) Toby has a gun.
(b) There is no one else around.
(c) No one cares.
(d) Her cries sound like those of a mother running after a son.

8. What does Rosemary tell Toby about his father's time at Deerfield?
(a) It prepared Toby's father for a successful future.
(b) He was the only person ever expelled from the school.
(c) Toby's father hated the teachers.
(d) None of the other students spoke to Toby's father.

9. What convinces Rosemary that she does not want to spend time with Arthur and Geoffrey?
(a) Toby tells Rosemary how much he likes Arthur.
(b) Geoffrey commits Arthur to the Buena Vista Sanatorium.
(c) Arthur refuses to let Toby speak with Rosemary.
(d) Whenever Rosemary calls to speak with Toby, Arthur's girlfriend answers.

10. Which of the following does Toby NOT do in Dwight's house?
(a) Make a sandwich.
(b) Look in his old room.
(c) Read Pearl's diary.
(d) Vandalize Dwight's room.

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

12. Why is Dwight nice to Rosemary after Toby leaves?
(a) Toby is out of the house.
(b) He has found religion.
(c) He has come into some money.
(d) He knows she is trying to leave.

13. Why does Toby remain on morphine while he is in the hospital?
(a) It keeps him from thinking and worrying.
(b) Dwight wants him to, so that Toby won't say anything about his terrible home life.
(c) He sweet-talks a nurse into giving it to him.
(d) The physical pain is too much to bear.

14. Why does Tina Flood want to marry Chuck even though she doesn't know for sure that she is carrying his child?
(a) She knows he is the best catch and is trying to trap him.
(b) Her parents think Chuck would be a good husband.
(c) She knows Chuck won't beat her.
(d) Marrying Chuck will make her parents angry.

15. How does Toby feel about the information he writes on his letters of recommendation and transcripts?
(a) He doesn't care what he writes as long as it will get him into a better school.
(b) He thinks that anyone who reads the papers will automatically believe the information is true.
(c) He feels everything he writes is the hidden truth and his real identity.
(d) He is ashamed of lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Toby engage the easy girls his friends find for him?

2. What is Geoffrey's plan for Toby?

3. Why does Rosemary campaign for Senator Jackson and John F. Kennedy?

4. How does Dwight react when he finds out Toby got Dwight's car stuck in a ditch?

5. How does Dwight react when he learns Toby may move to Paris?

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