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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he is in the cafeteria, why does Tyler suddenly think life can't get any better?
(a) Bethany props her leg up in his lap.
(b) Tyler is asked to join the "in" crowd for lunch.
(c) Bethany defends Tyler to a group of snobby girls.
(d) Tyler makes an "A" in his chemistry pop quiz.

2. How does Tyler's father respond to anything Tyler says?
(a) Tyler's father always has a better idea.
(b) Tyler's father ignores him.
(c) Tyler's father often punches Tyler and jokes about Tyler's rotten ideas.
(d) Tyler's father sometimes pretends to listen but then shows by his response that he really hasn't listened.

3. Where does Tyler's father go?
(a) To a father/son ball game.
(b) Fishing with his boss.
(c) On a business trip.
(d) To talk with Tyler's probation officer.

4. What does Hannah do before she goes into the school building?
(a) Alters her clothes.
(b) Takes a few hits off someone's cigarette.
(c) Talks with some older boys.
(d) Calls her mother.

5. Why does Yoda become manager of the JV football team?
(a) So he will letter though he is not a jock.
(b) To keep the athletes from bullying him.
(c) To gain Hannah's attention.
(d) To keep from having to take another gym class.

6. How does Tyler say all the girls decided to dress one day?
(a) Like cowgirls.
(b) Like nuns.
(c) Semi-nude.
(d) Like models.

7. Why do many of the girls get upset at school?
(a) The guys pretended not to notice the girls.
(b) The principal sent many of them home to change their outfits.
(c) There was a pep rally and the girls who were not dressed appropriately were not allowed to attend.
(d) The guys were making crude remarks.

8. What does Tyler rehearse?
(a) What to say to Bethany.
(b) What to say to Mrs. Milbury.
(c) How to trip up Chip so that he hurts himself.
(d) His apology to the principal.

9. What happens after Tyler puts on some clean clothes?
(a) He spills coffee down the front of his tee shirt.
(b) Hannah wants him to wear something different.
(c) His father said he will not go to school in that outfit.
(d) He realizes the shirt is ripped in the back.

10. What does Hannah do for Tyler?
(a) Calls and talks to Bethany.
(b) Fixes his hair.
(c) Distracts their parents so Tyler can get out of the house in what he was wearing.
(d) Calls Yoda for Tyler.

11. When Hannah is injured, what does Tyler's dad do that surprises Tyler?
(a) He yells at the opposing team's coach.
(b) He comes to the game to take Hannah to the hospital.
(c) Panic stricken, he runs out on the field, .
(d) He cries.

12. For whom does Tyler's mother offer excuses?
(a) Herself.
(b) Tyler's father.
(c) Hannah.
(d) The neighbor.

13. What does Tyler have for dinner when he eats alone?
(a) A bowl of cereal.
(b) A frozen pizza.
(c) A ham sandwhich.
(d) A frozen pot pie.

14. Why does Yoda become the girl's field hockey manager?
(a) He is dating Hannah.
(b) He wants nothing to do with the JV football team.
(c) He is asked to do so by the principal.
(d) He is asked to do so by Hannah.

15. Why does Tyler's day improve at lunch?
(a) Bethany sits with him.
(b) He finds a five-dollar bill under one of the tables in the cafeteria.
(c) His mother calls and says she'll pick him up to go shopping after school .
(d) They are serving his favorite lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foul deed has the narrator done?

2. What is different when Tyler arrives at school that day?

3. For what does Tyler give Yoda permission?

4. What was Tyler's reputation at school in past years?

5. What dream does Tyler have when he is talking to his father?

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