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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 revelation do Cal and Toby have when they fall into the lake?
(a) They can't find the bike.
(b) How they can get Zachary baptized.
(c) They really are best friends.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

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

3. Why did Toby go with Cal and Kate to the train depot?
(a) To drop off Zachary.
(b) To pick up the ladybugs.
(c) To pick up Paulie.
(d) To pick up Wayne.

4. Who does Toby play ball with in Chapter 20?
(a) Cal.
(b) The Judge.
(c) Juan.
(d) Scarlett.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kicks a crate of ladybugs?

2. What does Toby eat for breakfast at the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. Who does Toby flatter by saying he is the strongest person Toby knows?

4. What are the photographs Toby and Cal see at the end of Chapter 22?

5. Who dies in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What steps does the minister tell Toby that must be taken to get baptized?

2. Describe the Ladybug Waltz.

3. Why does Ferris feel especially bad after Wayne's death?

4. Why is Toby so mad at his father when they deliver bait on Saturday?

5. How does Kate become involved with Zachary after driving the boys to the movie?

6. What is the rush in getting Zachary baptized?

7. What does Toby's dad tell him during their fishing trip about his own father?

8. What good news does Zachary receive after his baptism?

9. Why does Toby's dad say he left Dallas?

10. What are the two reasons the boys decide to have Zachary baptized at the lake?

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