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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when Toby gets angry with his children?
(a) He hears Dwight's voice.
(b) He doesn't make them think he doesn't love them.
(c) He tries to discipline them properly.
(d) He remembers Dwight's anger.

3. How does Toby feel as Mr. Howard drives away?
(a) He realizes he may never see Mr. Howard again.
(b) He realizes he doesn't know how to contact Mr. Howard.
(c) He is filled with hope for the future.
(d) He regrets some of the things he said.

4. What is Geoffrey's plan for Toby?
(a) Geoffrey wants both of them to run away together.
(b) He wants Toby to attend prep school.
(c) Geoffrey wants Toby to live with their father.
(d) He wants Toby to apply to Princeton.

5. Why does Toby feel good about hitting Arthur?
(a) He thinks it will make him more popular in school.
(b) Fighting makes him feel powerful.
(c) It is the first time Dwight views Toby in a way that makes him feel loved.
(d) He has grown to hate Arthur.

6. Which of the following things can Toby not forgive himself for?
(a) Cheating.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Lying.

7. 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.

8. 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) Dwight or Arthur, Toby's father.
(b) Dwight or Toby.
(c) Toby's transgressions or her own.
(d) Her previous life or her poor decisions.

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

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

11. What does Dwight find in the trash that prompts him to hit Toby?
(a) An empty bottle of vodka.
(b) Shell casings.
(c) The rotted chestnuts and beaver pelt.
(d) A mustard bottle with a few specks of mustard left.

12. At Arthur's house one night, Toby and Arthur kiss. What happens as a result?
(a) Their friendship falls apart.
(b) They begin a relationship.
(c) Nothing.
(d) From then on, they make fun of each other every time they feel they are getting too close.

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

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

15. What does Toby tell Mrs. Howard when she asks how his mother is coping with her son moving so far away?
(a) Rosemary is angry at Toby for leaving her.
(b) Rosemary thinks Toby is leaving to get away from her.
(c) It is hard for Rosemary, but she wants him to get the best education.
(d) A friend has found Rosemary a job near Hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Toby react when he and Mr. Howard overhear Huff having an embarrassing conversation?

2. What is it about Toby and Chuck's confession that makes Mr. Bolger feel better?

3. Why does Mr. Bolger want Chuck to marry Tina?

4. What does Toby find in Dwight's room?

5. Kenneth spends all of his time in Dwight's house:

(see the answer keys)

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