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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Toby's favorite after school activity?

3. Why doesn't Rosemary allow Marian to set Toby straight?

4. How does Toby view his move to Chinook?

5. What do Roy and Toby do every day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Norma and Bobby Crow take Toby to his basketball games? How does Toby feel about it?

3. What does Rosemary say to Toby about Dwight?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happens on the drive from Toby's house to Chinook?

10. What happens when Toby wants to take Roy's gun when he and his mother prepare to leave Roy's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Toby's friends get him drunk, he falls from a tree branch and down a concrete hill. As he falls, he keeps his hands in his pockets. What does this demonstrate about Toby? How does this incident affect our understanding of Toby's character? In your opinion, what would have to be different about Toby to motivate him to take his hands out of his pockets?

Essay Topic 2

How would Toby's life be different with a supportive parental figure in his life? Using detailed examples pick four moments in the book that had a significant impact on Toby and explore how those moments would have been different with a more loving, caring parent. Would Toby's life have changed for the better or for the worse?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Dwight, Mr. Howard, and Roy. What makes these men different from each other? Describe, with specific examples, the effect they have on Toby's life.

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