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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toby think is funny while at the tailor?
(a) The Howards think he is deserving of what they're giving him.
(b) So much care is being put into making Toby look the part.
(c) He is given so many clothes.
(d) The tailor calls him Mr. Wolff with a straight face.

2. Toby tells his family he will not be moving to Paris because:
(a) He wants to join the Army.
(b) He does not want to leave his friends.
(c) He wants to attend school in the U.S.
(d) He does not want to change his last name.

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

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

5. Why does Toby takes Dwight's guns?
(a) Toby is afraid Dwight will accidentally shoot Pearl.
(b) Guns are Dwight's biggest source of pride.
(c) Toby wants to kill Dwight with Dwight's own gun.
(d) Toby wants to sell the guns.

6. 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.

7. What must Toby agree to before he can go to Paris?
(a) He must agree to improve his behavior.
(b) He must complete high school and agree to being adopted by Stephen.
(c) He must get his father's permission.
(d) He must become fluent in French.

8. When Dwight takes Pearl with him to Seattle, he says he wants to see Norma. Pearl knows that:
(a) Dwight wants to use what Norma has become as a bad example for Pearl.
(b) Dwight doesn't trust Pearl alone in the house.
(c) Dwight wants to make Toby feel left out.
(d) Dwight wants to see Rosemary and will use Pearl to get what he wants from Rosemary.

9. How does Dwight react when he finds out Toby got Dwight's car stuck in a ditch?
(a) He hides the car keys.
(b) He grounds Toby.
(c) He lectures Toby about "stealing" the car.
(d) He beats Toby and leaves him.

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

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

12. While Rosemary tells Toby he is no longer helping her, Toby can only think about:
(a) Running away and never seeing Rosemary again.
(b) Killing Dwight and his mother.
(c) How good it felt to have friends looking for him and calling his name.
(d) How much he wishes his mother loved him.

13. 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.

14. 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) Huff has dared them to do it.
(d) They hate the Welsh family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Toby surprised about while at the tailor?

2. Whenever Rosemary suggests that Toby go for a ride with Dwight, all Toby can think of is:

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

4. Toby says the Irish tenor in the Champagne Orchestra is singing for his life. This mirrors how Toby feels about:

5. Why does Arthur act like a sissy as they prepare to go home?

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