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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. Dominick asks Sheffer to avoid the __________ when they are speaking with each other and demands to have Thomas out earlier.
(a) Penny words.
(b) Medication.
(c) Jargon.
(d) Diagnosis.

2. Dominick panics as they pass the _________ Building for the Hatch Forensic Institute.
(a) Skeller.
(b) Settle.
(c) Sutter.
(d) Sattler.

3. Dell and his wife are arrested for having __________ as Ralph turns them in for this crime.
(a) Cocaine messengers.
(b) Child pornography.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Killed a child.

4. When Thomas is taken for mental health care, he is told that he will be there for __________ days for observation.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Fifteen.

5. Thomas lectures Dominick on the perils of ____________, though he is cruelly rebuffed by those to whom he speaks.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Prescription drugs.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has moved up the evaluation of Thomas, which is why Dominick and Patel have to meet?

2. Dominick believes that __________ is a bully, but that he is not inhuman as the tapes seem to make him.

3. Dominick wishes his father was television's _______________ and daydreams about other fathers who treat their sons well.

4. Who was the twin who cried so hard about the flying monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz" according to the story?

5. Ray is the stepfather who works the third shift at ____________ when the twins are growing up with their Ma.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thomas believe that Dominick has been singled out in his life, according to the therapy tape?

2. Why does Dominick decide to take up house painting instead of teaching anymore?

3. What is the news about the case that Dominick learns when he is talking with Patel and listening to Thomas' tapes?

4. What is Thomas wondering when he is being transported to Three Rivers for observation in this story?

5. How does Dominick endanger himself when he is out with Leo during the summer of 1969?

6. What happens which makes Dominick feel moved during his conversation and his visit with Leo?

7. What does Dominick learn when he goes to visit Sheffer in the office to talk about Thomas, in this story?

8. To what does Dominick attribute the meanness of Ray towards Thomas when he is arguing with Joy?

9. What do the two boys think about when their mother takes them to a movie in 1958 and both boys are bored?

10. What is the profession that Leo has when Dominick goes to visit with him during this part of the story?

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