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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 Arthur punch Toby?
(a) Toby is teasing Arthur about his weight.
(b) Toby calls Arthur a sissy.
(c) Toby kicked Arthur's dog.
(d) Arthur is a bully.

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

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

4. When Toby's mother was little, she rode in a parade float called the "End of the Rainbow." What does this suggest about Toby's mother?
(a) Toby's mother is Irish.
(b) Toby's mother had a privileged childhood.
(c) Riding on the float is the last happy moment she had.
(d) Her life will be filled with wonderful things.

5. What does Toby tell his mother happened to the squirrel he shot?
(a) A friend from school dared him to shoot it.
(b) Toby shot it.
(c) Roy killed the squirrel.
(d) He does not know how the squirrel died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Skipper decide not to take Toby with him to Mexico?

2. What television show does Toby watch every day with his friends?

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

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

5. How does Toby plan to convince the people he meets that he is a jock or a brain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Toby does at the Archery Club.

2. What does Rosemary say to Toby about Dwight?

3. When Toby arrives at Dwight's house, how does he treat Toby? Provide specific examples.

4. Why do Toby, Silver, and Taylor watch the Mickey Mouse Club?

5. Describe Toby and Gil's conversation about bikes.

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

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

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

9. How does Dwight react to the news of Toby's fight?

10. What does Toby hope to do in Chinook?

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