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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. Whenever Rosemary suggests that Toby go for a ride with Dwight, all Toby can think of is:
(a) Realizing that his mother doesn't love him.
(b) Dwight taking Champion for a ride in the car and shooting him.
(c) Bearing the consequences of his mother's actions.
(d) Every time he's ridden with Dwight when Dwight is drunk.

2. What does Toby find in Dwight's room?
(a) The old horse chestnuts.
(b) Scouting paperwork Dwight was supposed to turn in.
(c) Toby's old Winchester.
(d) A gigantic stash of Old Crow.

3. Why did Dwight give Champion to Toby?
(a) Dwight is beginning to like Toby.
(b) Dwight found Champion on the side of the road.
(c) Dwight traded Toby's Winchester for the dog.
(d) Rosemary wanted Toby to have a pet.

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

5. How does Toby feel about the information he writes on his letters of recommendation and transcripts?
(a) He thinks that anyone who reads the papers will automatically believe the information is true.
(b) He feels everything he writes is the hidden truth and his real identity.
(c) He is ashamed of lying.
(d) He doesn't care what he writes as long as it will get him into a better school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rosemary campaign for Senator Jackson and John F. Kennedy?

2. Why doesn't Toby engage the easy girls his friends find for him?

3. When Toby falls from a tree branch down a concrete hill, what demonstrates his disinterest in saving his own life?

4. What do Dwight and Toby find when they go upstairs to retrieve the chestnuts Toby peeled?

5. Why do Toby and his friends steal gas from the Welsh farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the tailor, Toby is surprised to see that he looks hopeful. How is this different from other points in the book? What does Toby tell himself?

2. Why does Toby run away slowly from the drugstore worker? What does this tell the reader about Toby? Why does no one stop Toby?

3. Why does Toby try to spend more time with Pearl? What does this show about how their relationship has changed?

4. Why does Geoffrey think Toby can get a scholarship from a prep school? What efforts does Toby make to be accepted by a prep school?

5. What does Toby have to do before Stephen will let him come to Paris?

6. Describe Norma's boyfriend Kenneth.

7. Why does Mr. Howard think Hill will be tough on Toby? How does Toby respond?

8. How does Toby attempt to convince Mr. Howard that he deserves a scholarship to Hill?

9. What news does Toby receive from Hill? How does he react?

10. How much money does Toby take to the Gathering of the Tribes? Where did he get this money, and what does he plan to do with it? Does he succeed?

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