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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lenny's father's friend give Lenny?
(a) A tool box.
(b) An old, battered car.
(c) A hunting rifle.
(d) Odd jobs at a garage.

2. About what does Hector compromise with his parents?
(a) Where he will attend high school.
(b) Wearing an earring.
(c) His hair length.
(d) His music lessons.

3. What happens as the summer progresses to Lenny, Hector, Phil, Debbie and Patty?
(a) They get to know each other and enjoy each other's company.
(b) They pair off, leaving Phil out of the group.
(c) They decide to travel to Washington D. C.
(d) They drift apart.

4. What is Debbie reading with such absorption that she gets sunburned?
(a) A science fiction novel.
(b) A book about birds.
(c) A book about caterpillars.
(d) A true romance story.

5. To what radio show are Phil and Lenny listening?
(a) "The Shadow."
(b) "Cris Cross."
(c) "Clickety Clackety Clack."
(d) "All Things in Time."

6. What song does Hector learn first?
(a) "Wichita Lineman."
(b) "Take it to the Limit."
(c) "On the Road Again."
(d) "You are my Sunshine."

7. Who is Rowanne?
(a) Hector's girl friend.
(b) Hector's older sister.
(c) Hector's youngest sister.
(d) Hector's mother.

8. How does Hector do in his music lessons?
(a) He is proficient.
(b) He is incredibly talented.
(c) He is not musically inclined.
(d) He is awful.

9. What is Hector getting at the local church?
(a) Guitar lessons.
(b) Voice lessons.
(c) Organ lessons.
(d) Piano lessons.

10. With what do earthlings arrive at a peaceful, alien society?
(a) Technology.
(b) Guns.
(c) Apples.
(d) Money.

11. What does Hector notice about Debbie?
(a) Her heavy accent.
(b) Her piercing blue eyes.
(c) Her uneven sunburn.
(d) Her graceful walk.

12. What do Debbie and Patty think of the clothes their mothers have bought for them?
(a) Debbie likes her mother's choices but Patty does not.
(b) Both of them think their mothers make fantastic choices of clothing.
(c) Neither of the girls like the clothes.
(d) Patty likes her mother's choices but Debbie does not.

13. What does Debbie do with her necklace?
(a) Throws it on her bed.
(b) Re-clasps it.
(c) Throws it in the trash can.
(d) Throws it out the window.

14. What does Debbie wonder about as far as Albert Einstein is concerned?
(a) If he believed genetics or environment has the most impact on one's life.
(b) If he would have revealed E=MC2 if he had known how it would be used.
(c) How he would be different if raised in an Eskimo village.
(d) If he would have been different if he had been raised in a small town in the United States.

15. What fascinates Hector when he goes with Rowanne?
(a) The guitarist.
(b) A girl who is surfing.
(c) A girl who is sketching a picture at the museum.
(d) A girl who is singing karaoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Debbie and Patty doing?

2. How is Homer described?

3. What do Debbie and Patty both believe will impact their adulthood?

4. Who does Patty think God may reward after death?

5. How is Rowanne described?

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