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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Zachary transported to his baptism?
(a) In a wagon.
(b) By shopping cart.
(c) By pickup truck.
(d) By snow cone cart.

2. What does Ferris confess to in Chapter 16?
(a) He had a big crush on Toby's mom.
(b) He shot his foot on purpose so he wouldn't have to go to war.
(c) He fired Toby's mom and that's why she left town.
(d) He turned off the water in Zachary's trailer.

3. Who does Toby chase in Chapter 19?
(a) Juan.
(b) His father.
(c) Scarlett.
(d) Cal.

4. Why doesn't Toby visit Cal in Chapter 16?
(a) He's mad at Cal.
(b) Toby is grounded.
(c) He doesn't know what to say to Cal.
(d) Toby is still upset about not getting his gift back from Scarlett.

5. What does Toby eat for breakfast at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Bagels.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) English muffins.
(d) Cereal.

6. Why is the sheriff waiting at Zachary's trailer?
(a) To take him to social services.
(b) To arrest the kids for being in the lake.
(c) To arrest the kids for breaking curfew.
(d) To let him know Paulie will return in a few more days.

7. What does Reverend Newton say when he visits Toby's family that surprises Toby's dad?
(a) He wants to pray for them since the wife ran off.
(b) That Toby threw apples in Miss Myrtie Mae's yard.
(c) That he wants Toby to mow the church yard.
(d) He heard about the fire at the Opry.

8. Who kicks a crate of ladybugs?
(a) Mr. McKnight.
(b) Mrs. McKnight.
(c) Cal.
(d) Toby.

9. Who does Toby flatter by saying he is the strongest person Toby knows?
(a) His father.
(b) Ferris.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) The sheriff.

10. Who arrives just as the friends are beginning the baptism?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Toby's dad.
(c) Ferris.
(d) Scarlett.

11. What heirloom does Toby give Scarlett?
(a) Diamond earrings.
(b) A gold bracelet.
(c) A pearl ring.
(d) A pearl necklace.

12. What does Toby realize in Chapter 19 that he needs to tell Cal?
(a) That he owed him $47.
(b) That he was afraid he'd say the wrong thing at the funeral.
(c) That his mother is not coming home.
(d) That he wrote a letter to Wayne on his behalf.

13. Who dies in Chapter 15?
(a) Wayne.
(b) Paulie.
(c) Toby's mom.
(d) The Judge.

14. What are the photographs Toby and Cal see at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) Zachary's travels around the world.
(b) Toby's mom competing in the talent show.
(c) The day Zachary came to town through the ladybug event.
(d) Zachary's baptism.

15. Which character is not at the ladybug event?
(a) Miss Myrtie Mae.
(b) Paulie.
(c) Zachary.
(d) Juan.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their father-son outing, what does Toby's father encourage him to do later that evening?

2. Where did Toby's dad live before moving to Antler?

3. Whose idea is it at the end of Chapter 13 to get Zachary baptized?

4. What is Zachary's middle name?

5. Why was Zachary's mother's funeral a media circus?

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