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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 when Owen and Hester are wrestling?
(a) The two children kiss.
(b) Hester breaks Owen's arm.
(c) Owen bites Hester's leg.
(d) Owen wets his pants.

2. Who is the rector of the Episcopal church?
(a) There is no rector for the Episcopal church.
(b) Dan Needham.
(c) Rev. Lewis Merrill.
(d) Rev. Dudley Wiggins.

3. In Sunday school, who does Owen claim to be escaping?
(a) The Demons.
(b) The Mafia.
(c) The Agnostics.
(d) The Catholics.

4. How does Owen typically respond when Johnny comes home from visiting his cousins?
(a) He is happy that Johnny is spending time with his family.
(b) He hasn't realized that Johnny was gone.
(c) He is excited to have Johnny back home.
(d) He is moody for a few days.

5. Who does Owen believe could be the "certain prescence" in Dan Needham's play?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Owen.
(c) Mr. Morrison.
(d) Mr. Fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town in which this novel takes place?

2. How do the adolescent boys of Gravesend view Ginger?

3. Who does Johnny find praying at his mother's grave?

4. In chapter 3, why does Owen enter Tabitha's bedroom?

5. Fill in the blank: In the first paragraph of the novel, Johnny says, "I am a ____ because of Owen Meany."

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the situation that Johnny will later describe as his sexual awakening.

2. Why does Owen's family switch to the Episcopalian church?

3. How does Johnny react to Owen's baseball card apology?

4. What does Owen predict when he and Johnny are down by the Squamscott River?

5. How does Owen typically play baseball?

6. What was the conflict that Dan and Tabitha encountered when they were planning their wedding ceremony?

7. What does the audience see Johnny Wheelwright reading, as an adult, in Canada, and how does Johnny react?

8. Why does Owen react so strongly to Johnny's opinion of his mother's death?

9. How does the Meany family make a living?

10. How do the Meanys find out about Owen's Christmas responsibilities, and what is their response?

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