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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 in Toby's house is usually dressed before anyone else?
(a) Toby.
(b) Toby's mother.
(c) Toby's dad.
(d) Toby's brother.

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

3. What does Toby realize when he drinks his first ever cup of coffee?
(a) It gives him indigestion.
(b) He doesn't like it.
(c) It makes him jittery.
(d) He likes it with cream.

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

5. As Toby sits at the lake in Chapter 3, what keeps him from wading into it?
(a) The thought of snakes.
(b) The fear of alligators.
(c) The thought of leeches.
(d) The mosquitoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who mows the school lawn in Chapter 4?

2. Where was the competition Toby's mom was in held?

3. What is Miss Myrtie Mae's casserole specialty?

4. What one item in the trailer looks like it is not sterile?

5. Whose sister does Toby take to see the sideshow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mr. McKnight buy ladybugs?

4. What are Antler's major downtown businesses?

5. As Toby and Scarlett swing on her front porch, what does Scarlett talk about?

6. What is ironic about Kate's announcement that she passed her driver's test and now has her license?

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

8. How do Toby and Cal try to determine whether Zachary really is the fattest boy in the world?

9. Why is there often a dog in the sheriff's car?

10. Why do the boys continue to leave food items on Zachary's steps?

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