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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 Mr. Howard think will be difficult for Toby to adjust to at Hill?
(a) The students and the hard winters.
(b) The curriculum.
(c) Being so far from his family and friends.
(d) The strict teachers.

2. Toby says the Irish tenor in the Champagne Orchestra is singing for his life. This mirrors how Toby feels about:
(a) His struggles to create new identities.
(b) His mother's attitude toward their life.
(c) His interactions with Dwight.
(d) His relationship with his father.

3. Kenneth spends all of his time in Dwight's house:
(a) Goading Toby into a fight.
(b) Insulting the family.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Making snide comments about the Christmas tree.

4. When Dwight takes Pearl with him to Seattle, he says he wants to see Norma. Pearl knows that:
(a) Dwight wants to make Toby feel left out.
(b) Dwight wants to use what Norma has become as a bad example for Pearl.
(c) Dwight doesn't trust Pearl alone in the house.
(d) Dwight wants to see Rosemary and will use Pearl to get what he wants from Rosemary.

5. What does Toby realize about himself when he sees himself in the mirror?
(a) He is free of his mother's poor choices.
(b) The horrible part of his life is over.
(c) He can still make something of himself in the world.
(d) The old Toby will not go away even if no one sees the real him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toby tells his family he will not be moving to Paris because:

2. What does Arthur do when Toby arrives in California?

3. How does Dwight react when he learns Toby may move to Paris?

4. How does Toby react when he and Mr. Howard overhear Huff having an embarrassing conversation?

5. What does Toby think is funny while at the tailor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arthur tell lies? What lies does he tell? Why doesn't Toby say anything when he knows the things Arthur says aren't true?

2. How does Toby feel about his fight with Arthur? How does Dwight feel? How does Rosemary feel?

3. Describe Norma's boyfriend Kenneth.

4. What do Toby's friends want to do for him? How successful are they?

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

6. Why is Chuck pressured to marry Tina Flood?

7. What does Dwight do with Toby's gun in Chapter 4 and why?

8. 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?

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

10. Why does Toby take Dwight's guns?

(see the answer keys)

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