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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. Why does the housekeeper's boyfriend show Toby pictures of his friends and corpses?
(a) Toby wants to be a Marine when he grows up.
(b) He hopes they'll keep Toby out of the military.
(c) He wants Toby to like him.
(d) Toby's father was in the military.

2. What does Toby's mother believe she will get a job doing in Utah?
(a) Managing a hotel.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Mining uranium.
(d) Waitressing.

3. Why does it upset Toby when Pearl throws her arms around Rosemary?
(a) Toby is afraid Dwight won't like it.
(b) Toby thinks his mother will like Pearl better than him.
(c) Toby doesn't want to have to compete with anyone else for his mother's attention.
(d) Pearl is doing it to annoy Toby.

4. What is Toby's punishment for vandalizing the bathroom?
(a) Nothing; no one can prove he did it.
(b) A one week suspension, reduced from two weeks.
(c) A two week suspension.
(d) He must repaint the whole bathroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color do Toby and Dwight paint the house?

3. What happens during the game against Van Horn?

4. What does the contrast between the piano's black keys and the rest of Dwight's house symbolize?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Vice Principal find out who vandalized the bathroom wall?

2. Describe Toby's mother.

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

4. What sins does Toby confess before his baptism? Why does he confess these sins?

5. How does Toby react when Roy asks him if he would like a little brother?

6. What happens at the Thanksgiving turkey shoot?

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

8. Describe Rosemary's father.

9. Why do Dwight and Toby pretend to have a normal relationship when Rosemary visits?

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

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