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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whenever Rosemary suggests that Toby go for a ride with Dwight, all Toby can think of is:
(a) Bearing the consequences of his mother's actions.
(b) Realizing that his mother doesn't love him.
(c) Every time he's ridden with Dwight when Dwight is drunk.
(d) Dwight taking Champion for a ride in the car and shooting him.

2. When Arthur discovers that Toby has spent all his money, Arthur:
(a) Runs away without Toby.
(b) Ignores Toby, as Toby had ignored him.
(c) Gets into a fight with Toby.
(d) Is angry, but forgives Toby.

3. What does Mr. Howard think will be difficult for Toby to adjust to at Hill?
(a) The curriculum.
(b) Being so far from his family and friends.
(c) The students and the hard winters.
(d) The strict teachers.

4. 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) He neither likes nor dislikes it.
(c) Toby remains addicted to it after he leaves the hospital.
(d) He hates the way it makes his head feel.

5. What prep school is Toby accepted to?
(a) Choate and Exeter.
(b) Deerfield.
(c) None.
(d) Andover.

6. What do Dwight and Toby find when they go upstairs to retrieve the chestnuts Toby peeled?
(a) Something has eaten most of the chestnuts.
(b) The chestnuts are covered in mold and the road kill "beaver pelt" is nearly petrified.
(c) The towel the chestnuts were resting on is completely orange.
(d) A mouse has made a nest in Dwight's "beaver pelt."

7. When they discuss Toby's move to Paris, Rosemary tells Toby:
(a) Dwight has said Toby must go.
(b) She wants him to go to Paris.
(c) She can't imagine life without Toby.
(d) The decision to go to Paris is his.

8. Why does Rosemary campaign for Senator Jackson and John F. Kennedy?
(a) She is attracted to Kennedy.
(b) They are hopeful.
(c) She believes they will change the world.
(d) She wants to spend time away from Dwight.

9. What does Arthur do when Toby arrives in California?
(a) Shows Toby around the town.
(b) Leaves on vacation with his girlfriend.
(c) Begins saying bad things about Rosemary.
(d) Is not happy to see Toby.

10. What is the one offense Toby's mother cannot forgive him for?
(a) Acting inhuman.
(b) Lying.
(c) Being rude to her.
(d) Cruelty.

11. Where does Toby plan to go when he steals checks from a bank?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Princeton.

12. When does Toby get excited about the fight?
(a) When Mr. Mitchell assigns him to the fight.
(b) When he hears the crowd chanting his name.
(c) He doesn't get excited about the fight.
(d) When Dwight shows him a special move.

13. Toby says the Irish tenor in the Champagne Orchestra is singing for his life. This mirrors how Toby feels about:
(a) His interactions with Dwight.
(b) His relationship with his father.
(c) His mother's attitude toward their life.
(d) His struggles to create new identities.

14. At the Boy Scout Gathering of the Tribes, Toby plans to:
(a) Win every competition.
(b) Try to be made an Eagle Scout.
(c) Run away to Alaska.
(d) Steal Dwight's car and leave Dwight in Seattle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinces Rosemary that she does not want to spend time with Arthur and Geoffrey?

2. What does Toby say when Dwight accuses him of stealing Old Crow?

3. Why does Toby try to spend more time with Pearl?

4. Why do Toby and his friends steal gas from the Welsh farm?

5. Toby tells his family he will not be moving to Paris because:

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