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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. When leaving the lookout post in Chapter 6, where does Toby have to stop for his dad?
(a) The Dairy Maid.
(b) The bowling alley.
(c) The post office.
(d) The grocery store.

2. Where is Antler located?
(a) In the Oklahoma panhandle.
(b) In the Texas panhandle.
(c) In the Florida panhandle.
(d) In the Arkansas panhandle.

3. Who are Toby and Cal spying on at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. McKnight.
(b) Myrtie Mae.
(c) Zachary.
(d) The sheriff.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sideshow feature?

2. How does Zachary explain the lack of minister notes in his Bible?

3. What is the appearance of the sideshow ticket salesperson?

4. How do Toby and Cal pass time while waiting at their lookout post?

5. Who mows the school lawn in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Toby finally reads the letter from his mom in Chapter 11, what does he learn?

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

4. What strikes Toby as unusual when Zachary tells him about his travels in Paris? What does it make Toby think?

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

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

7. What are Antler's major downtown businesses?

8. What is the town rumor about Ferris?

9. Why does Scarlett break up with Juan?

10. Why does Toby quickly march Tara out of the sideshow trailer on their first visit there?

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