2. What does Victoria find when she gets home after work?
(a) Her mother left town.
(b) The house is on fire.
(c) The house has been broken into.
(d) She is locked out.

3. What does Mrs. Steans encourage Ike and Bobby to do?
(a) Give up the paper route because it's too dangerous.
(b) Go with their mother when she moves.
(c) Bring her some of the cookies their mother baked.
(d) Visit her at any time.

4. How is the time the boys spend with their mother before she leaves?
(a) Confusing for the boys.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Fun.
(d) Awkward.

5. Who at first refuses to pay Ike and Bobby?
(a) The druggist.
(b) The neighbor across the street.
(c) Their grandfather.
(d) The barber.

6. What does Bobby tell Mrs. Stearns about their mother?
(a) That she is dying.
(b) That she moved out of the house.
(c) That she bought them new bikes.
(d) That she baked cookies that morning.

7. What do Ike and Bobby wonder when they get home?
(a) If the cable is working again.
(b) If their mother has been in her room all day.
(c) If their nintendo has been fixed.
(d) If their dad has left them some after-school chores.

8. What does Victoria's mother ask her after Victoria runs to the bathroom to vomit?
(a) If she ate something bad.
(b) If she has the flu.
(c) If she has been drinking.
(d) If she needs to go see a doctor.

9. How long is the male student's report?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) He does not have a report.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) Less than a minute.

10. What do Ike and Bobby decide to do?
(a) Go over to their grandparents' house.
(b) Take their dirt bikes out to the hills.
(c) Clean the house and surprise their mother.
(d) Ride horses.

11. Where does the father of Victoria's baby live?
(a) In another town.
(b) Next door to Victoria.
(c) Two houses down from Victoria.
(d) Right by the school.

12. Why is Mr. Beckman angry at Crowder?
(a) Russell claims some bullies at school attacked him.
(b) Russell says Crowder was mean to him.
(c) Russell won't be playing in that weekend's tournament.
(d) Russell needs special tutors the school won't give him.

13. Why does Ike and Bobby's mother cry when they are there?
(a) She does not cry.
(b) Because they say they want her to come back home.
(c) Because they buy her perfume and bubble bath as a present.
(d) She is watching a sad soap opera.

14. Who does Tom Guthrie bring with him to the McPheron's place?
(a) No one.
(b) Ike and Bobby.
(c) His own hired hand.
(d) His wife.

15. What does Mrs. Stearns tell Ike and Bobby to never do?
(a) Drink alcohol.
(b) Trust a preacher.
(c) Smoke cigarettes.
(d) Trust a doctor.