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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. Who asks Cal to write a letter?
(a) Myrtie Mae.
(b) Toby.
(c) Wayne.
(d) Kate.

2. What does Cal leave on the steps of Zachary's trailer?
(a) A piece of chicken.
(b) A burger.
(c) A snow cone.
(d) A chocolate milk shake.

3. What does Cal's father use to control pests in his garden?
(a) Scarecrows.
(b) Pesticide.
(c) Dish liquid.
(d) Ladybugs.

4. Who considered becoming a preacher?
(a) Mr. McKnight.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Ferris.
(d) Toby's dad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What cleaning product is smelled when Toby and friends enter the sideshow trailer?

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

3. Where does Cal live?

4. What does the community discuss over lunch at the diner in Chapter 5?

5. Where do Toby and Cal leave a sack of groceries?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the development of Gossimer Lake.

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

3. Why does Toby believe that Cal is good with kids?

4. What is the town rumor about Ferris?

5. What help does Zachary ask from Toby and Cal when the sheriff takes them to visit?

6. What is ironic about Cal and Toby chasing taunting fourth graders away from Zachary's trailer?

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

8. What is the town rumor about Miss Myrtie Mae?

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

10. Other than the emotional attachment Toby has with his mother, why does he miss her so much?

(see the answer keys)

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