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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 happens to Frank's father?
(a) Killed by a drunk driver
(b) Abandons his son and wife
(c) Killed by his wife
(d) Commits suicide

2. What instrument does David play?
(a) Violin
(b) Piano
(c) Cello
(d) Trumpet

3. What do Frank and Henry sell to the Jewish ladies who sit on the benches at the beach?
(a) Stones
(b) Home-made muffins
(c) Fish
(d) Sea shells

4. Why do the other players say that Henry should play on the baseball team that plays teams from other schools?
(a) Because Henry beats up a lot of students
(b) Because the others want Henry away from the school
(c) Because Henry makes a great catch
(d) Because he hits a home run

5. What does the term vicious mean as it is used in the following sentence: Henry knows the players will be sending vicious kicks his way.
(a) Sadistic
(b) Spiteful
(c) Fierce
(d) Inhuman

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Big Henry's brother?

2. What happens as Henry walks home from school after his teacher keeps him late?

3. What was the man who gave them a ride arrested for?

4. What do Frank and Henry continue to exchange after Frank moves away?

5. What sport do Red and Henry play together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is odd about the first afternoon that David and Henry walk home from school together?

2. What sins does Henry make up when he can't think of anything he's done wrong during confession?

3. What is Henry curious about in regards to Red and how does he satisfy it?

4. What events transpired which led Henry to be sent to the principal's office?

5. What does Henry talk about in relation to the boys at his grammar school?

6. What does Henry say to his father that is insightful when his father tells him they are traveling the wrong direction and he says that he will leave him behind?

7. When Frank moves away with his mother what does he send back to Henry that they continue to exchange for awhile?

8. After Henry learns about sex from one of his friends, what does he say repulses him about the idea of sex?

9. What happens between Mr. Knox and Henry when Henry is sent to the principal's office for fighting?

10. How does Henry begin to be included with the neighborhood boys?

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