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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 kind of car does Wayne own?
(a) A Mustang.
(b) A Thunderbird.
(c) A Corvette.
(d) A Vega.

2. How does Toby's mother finish in the singing competition?
(a) She places second.
(b) She loses all together.
(c) She wins.
(d) She places third.

3. Who takes tickets at the sideshow?
(a) Paulie.
(b) Myrtie.
(c) Toby.
(d) Mr. Jones.

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

5. Which boy is left alone at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Cal.
(b) Ben.
(c) Zachary.
(d) Toby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sideshow boy doing while viewers stop by to see him?

2. What kind of flag is in front of Cal's house?

3. Where does Cal live?

4. In Chapter 8, who breaks a date without giving a reason?

5. Who begins to make fun of the featured sideshow person?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions does Cal ask Zachary the first time he meets him?

2. Why does Miss Myrtie Mae appear when the crowd starts to form at the trailer when it arrives in Chapter 1?

3. What is exciting about the trailer that pulls into town in Chapter 1? Why is it exciting?

4. Why does Mr. McKnight buy ladybugs?

5. Why do Toby and Cal sit on top of the bowling alley at the beginning of Chapter 6?

6. Why is Toby's father still in his pajamas at the beginning of Chapter 9?

7. In the letter from Wayne that Cal reads to Toby on top of the bowling alley, what does Wayne write about?

8. What is a unique effect the cotton gin has on Antler?

9. Why is Toby awake extra early at the beginning of Chapter 9?

10. What amazes the boys about Zachary when they see him take the grocery sack from his steps?

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