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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 do Pearl and Toby NOT do while waiting in the car for Dwight and Rosemary?
(a) Tell stories.
(b) Listen to the radio.
(c) Sing the words to American Bandstand.
(d) Try to drive each other crazy.

2. Why doesn't Rosemary live with Toby and Dwight?
(a) Dwight wants more time to bond with Toby.
(b) Rosemary can't find a job in Chinook.
(c) Chinook is too far from Rosemary's friends.
(d) Rosemary doesn't know if she wants to marry Dwight.

3. Why does Toby act like he is sorry about the fight with Arthur?
(a) To impress Norma.
(b) To keep Dwight from getting angry.
(c) To make his mother feel better.
(d) To stay friends with Arthur.

4. What color do Toby and Dwight paint the house?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) They do not paint the house.

5. How does Dwight react when Rosemary wins the turkey shoot?
(a) He becomes jealous of the other men congratulating her.
(b) He congratulates her.
(c) He storms into his room and pouts when they return home.
(d) He blames his performance on Toby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dwight do when Toby walks by the makeshift practice range in the hallway?

2. What year is the Ford that Skipper works through high school to rebuild?

3. Why doesn't Marian approve of Gil?

4. What happens during the game against Van Horn?

5. Why are Toby and his mother leaving Florida for Utah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Toby shoots a squirrel?

2. What is the significance of the drink that Judd brings to Toby?

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

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

5. What does Skipper say when Toby asks to come with him to Mexico? Does his answer change later?

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

7. What happens after Arthur makes a comment about Toby's orange hands?

8. Describe the boys Toby is friends with in Seattle.

9. How does Rosemary react when she is told Toby's crime?

10. Describe Toby's mother.

(see the answer keys)

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