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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dwight make Toby do to keep him busy?
(a) His homework.
(b) Find odd jobs around the neighborhood.
(c) Clean the house.
(d) Husk horse chestnuts and get a paper route.

2. What prompts Toby to convince his mother to buy him souvenirs?
(a) Toby discovers he has lost all his toys in their move.
(b) His mother secures a job that pays well.
(c) Toby witnesses a truck drive over a cliff.
(d) Toby is taunted by other children and feels snubbed.

3. What does Dwight do when Toby needs new shoes?
(a) Buys brown loafers that Toby must use for everything.
(b) Forces Toby to wear the shoes he has outgrown.
(c) Makes Toby pay for new shoes.
(d) Buys several pairs of shoes in different sizes.

4. Why does Toby steal things?
(a) He wants to prove how cool he is.
(b) Stealing is the only way he can get the things he wants.
(c) His friends dare him.
(d) He gets great satisfaction from stealing.

5. What does Toby steal money to do?
(a) Run away from home.
(b) Save for college.
(c) Buy new shoes.
(d) Buy a better gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rosemary continue to make bad choices?

2. What does Skipper's car look like when he returns from Mexico?

3. Toby is crushed when he realizes that Bobby and Norma were having sex while he played basketball. What does this prompt Toby to fantasize about?

4. What does Dwight do on the drive to Chinook?

5. Toby braces himself "for the next curve" at the end of Chapter 3. Which of the following does this NOT refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What activities do Rosemary and Dwight participate in at the local rifle club? How well do they perform?

2. What do Toby and his mother believe about their new life in Utah?

3. Why do Norma and Bobby Crow take Toby to his basketball games? How does Toby feel about it?

4. Describe what Toby does at the Archery Club.

5. Describe how Toby and Roy act towards Toby's mother.

6. Describe Toby's basketball game against Van Horn.

7. Describe Rosemary's father.

8. What happens when Toby wants to take Roy's gun when he and his mother prepare to leave Roy's house?

9. Describe Toby's mother.

10. What do Toby and Pearl do in the car while they wait for Rosemary and Dwight outside the Marblemount tavern?

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