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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 does Toby eat for breakfast at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Cereal.
(b) Bagels.
(c) English muffins.
(d) Pancakes.

2. What is Toby's religion?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Pentecostal.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Methodist.

3. Who dies in Chapter 15?
(a) Wayne.
(b) Paulie.
(c) Toby's mom.
(d) The Judge.

4. What does Toby do with the letter he receives from his mother in Chapter 14?
(a) Throws it in the garbage wtihout reading it.
(b) Reads it and throws it away.
(c) Tosses it onto his dresser, unopened.
(d) Tears it into pieces and leaves it on his dresser.

5. Who does Toby blindfold and give a ride on his bike?
(a) Tara.
(b) Cal.
(c) Scarlett.
(d) Kate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Toby and Cal to breakfast Monday morning after the ladybug release?

2. Why was Zachary's mother's funeral a media circus?

3. What does Ferris confess to in Chapter 16?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 13, how much time has passed since Paulie left?

5. What do the boys build to help Zachary get into the truck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Toby realizes why Zachary has never been baptized like he promised his mother he would be. What is the reason?

2. What stereotype does Toby realize he has held regarding Juan and what does he realize is the truth?

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

4. What is the rush in getting Zachary baptized?

5. What words of wisdom does Wayne write to Cal in his last letter?

6. What are two good results from Cal riding his bike into the lake?

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

8. Describe the Ladybug Waltz.

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

10. Why won't Toby talk to Cal after his brother dies?

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