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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cuts the lakeside dance short in Chapter 8?
(a) Mosquitos.
(b) The radio batteries die.
(c) A girlfriend.
(d) A boyfriend.

2. Where does Mr. Wilson take Toby for lunch in Chapter 5?
(a) To the town's Mexican restaurant.
(b) Gossimer Lake for a picnic.
(c) The bowling alley diner.
(d) The Dairy Maid.

3. Who begins to make fun of the featured sideshow person?
(a) Scarlett.
(b) Toby.
(c) Tara.
(d) Cal.

4. What do Toby and Cal see as Mr. Wilson drives them away from Zachary's trailer?
(a) The sheriff stopping at Zachary's trailer.
(b) A billboard with Toby's mom on it.
(c) Kate taking her driving test.
(d) Zachary reaches out to get the food off the step.

5. What is the appearance of the sideshow ticket salesperson?
(a) Fat.
(b) Skinny.
(c) Old.
(d) Very young.

6. Whose sister does Toby take to see the sideshow?
(a) Cal's.
(b) Scarlett's.
(c) Wayne's.
(d) Zach's.

7. Who built the dam at Gossimer Lake?
(a) The Girl Scouts.
(b) The First Baptist men's group.
(c) The Boy Scouts.
(d) The Shriners.

8. What kind of walls block off the sideshow boy from the visitors?
(a) Plexiglass.
(b) Mirrored.
(c) Wooden with viewing holes cut in.
(d) Glass.

9. What does Toby learn in the letter he receives in Chapter 11?
(a) That Wayne wants Cal to write to him.
(b) That Paulie is mad because he's been hanging out with Zachary.
(c) The Cal knows Toby wrote a letter on his behalf.
(d) That his mother is not coming home.

10. What cleaning product is smelled when Toby and friends enter the sideshow trailer?
(a) Pine-Sol.
(b) Tide with bleach.
(c) Fantastic.
(d) Mr. Clean.

11. Who is not mentioned in the letter Toby writes in Chapter 8?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Zachary.
(c) Kate.
(d) Toby.

12. When Toby and Cal leave their lookout post in Chapter 6, what is dropped?
(a) A letter.
(b) A candy bar.
(c) A dollar.
(d) A quarter.

13. How do Toby and Cal pass time while waiting at their lookout post?
(a) By playing video games.
(b) By making up stories about Paulie.
(c) By measuring things.
(d) By eating.

14. What does Toby's dad ask him to take to Mrs. McKnight?
(a) A cup of coffee grounds.
(b) A bucket of worms.
(c) A bouquet of roses.
(d) A cup of sugar.

15. What does the sideshow feature?
(a) The shortest boy in the world.
(b) The fattest boy in the world.
(c) A boy with a goat head.
(d) The tallest boy in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Antler located?

2. What makes Toby happy in Chapter 8?

3. Who gets kissed on the cheek at the end of Chapter 8?

4. Who phones while Toby is at Scarlett's house?

5. What has caused Antler's population to decrease?

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