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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. When Jody asks Moby to meet her after he finishes swim practice, where do they agree to meet?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) At Jody's house.
(c) At Moby's house.
(d) At the Burger Barn.

2. After finishing practice at the beginning of the book, where does the narrator go?
(a) Fairview Hospital.
(b) Riley Children's Hospital.
(c) St. Vincent's Hospital.
(d) Sacred Heart Hospital.

3. Who led the effort to have Ellerby prohibited from driving his car to swim meets?
(a) Mr. Mautz.
(b) Steve Gould.
(c) Mark Brittain.
(d) Mr. Patterson.

4. What nickname does the narrator go by?
(a) Chunky.
(b) Moby.
(c) Whale.
(d) Moses.

5. When Sarah Byrnes had appeared at Moby's house as Moby was revising the Huey-Dewey article, who was with Sarah Byrnes?
(a) Mark Brittain.
(b) Steve Ellerby.
(c) Mr. Mautz.
(d) Dale Thornton.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Moby, what does Sarah Byrnes' father make Mr. Mautz look like in comparison?

2. When Ellerby is called on to present his ideas around the abortion issue, what does Ellerby change the discussion to?

3. What is the name of Moby's mother's new boyfriend?

4. About how many hours per day does the narrator practice his sport?

5. What is the name of the narrator's coach?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mark and Jody are trying to drop the CAT class, what does Moby whisper into Jody's ear?

2. According to what Ellerby tells Moby, why has Ellerby to this point stayed as far away from Sarah Byrnes as possible?

3. How does Moby describe his high school principal?

4. Why does Ms. Lemry say she'll sign Mark's drop card, but refuse to sign Jody's drop card?

5. How does Ellerby react at the "special" Saturday practice when Brittain and his lane members bow for prayer before beginning their set?

6. Back in junior high, what was the deal that Sarah Byrnes offered to Dale Thornton while they were in Moby's attic room?

7. Who is Huey-Dewey?

8. What is the main reason that Moby does not let people get close to him?

9. According to his mother, what attribute does the narrator possess that his father did not?

10. As the story opens, how does the narrator describe his mother?

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