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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. Where did the author and his family go at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Florida.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Tennessee.

2. According to Chapter 3, what did the author and his friend do in their free time?
(a) Explore the wilderness.
(b) Go to baseball games.
(c) Play house.
(d) Camp.

3. What is understood about the author and his perception of the people he introduces in Chapters 2 and 3?
(a) He understands the people more while writing about them, rather than when he was living it.
(b) He hates them.
(c) He needs them.
(d) He loves and feels supports from them.

4. In Chapter 3, who said "I feel like I've been on this trip all my life"?
(a) Jean.
(b) The author's mom.
(c) Alison.
(d) The author.

5. Which of the following was NOT an outcome of Ligget's punishment?
(a) The other boys were never punished.
(b) He was taken to the hospital with a broken jaw.
(c) He never went back to school.
(d) He got a stomach virus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author mention his life was often interrupted by, in the prologue?

2. How does the author describe his time with his friend in Chapter 3?

3. What was the name of the author's friend that he narrates about in Chapter 3?

4. What other memory does the author also narrate at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. What did the author and Tobey compete in, in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. As a child, where did the author go in the winter time?

2. Where did Dagmar and Jean work during the winter time in Chapter 4?

3. When and who did the author visit in Florida?

4. What happened to Alison at the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. What happened to Tobey after the author went with him and his family?

6. Where did the author sleep in Chapter 4, and why?

7. Where does the author describe the place where he attended school, in Chapter 1?

8. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

9. In Chapter 2, why did the author and his family move, and what did they do?

10. Describe what happened to the author when he went with Tobey's family.

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