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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 did the author's fear drive him to do?
(a) Go to work with his parents.
(b) Leave the cabin.
(c) Sleep with the lights on.
(d) Watch TV.

2. What does the author describe grew between the pianist and Jean?
(a) A loving relationship.
(b) A growing friendship.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) A growing enmity.

3. In Chapter 3, what does the author mention he and his friend discovered together?
(a) A dead deer.
(b) A dead horse.
(c) A dead cat.
(d) A dead mule.

4. In Chapter 3, what did Jean need first in order to manifest his idea of making money?
(a) Seed money.
(b) Land.
(c) A bulldozer.
(d) Equipment.

5. What did the author and Tobey ride when the author went with Tobey's family in Chapter 6?
(a) The Scrambler.
(b) Go carts.
(c) Bumper cars.
(d) A Ferris wheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chapter 7 end?

2. Why were the author and his family traveling at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. When did the peak of the pianist and Jean's relationship occur?

4. What has the author gained between the time he writes about these events to the time in which they actually took place?

5. In Chapter 3, who said "I feel like I've been on this trip all my life"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who moved into the author's apartment in Chapter 5?

2. Where did Dagmar and Donald go together?

3. Where did the author go at the end of Chapter 7?

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

5. Why was the author afraid of the cabin in Chapter 4?

6. What did the author and Tobey discover in Chapter 6?

7. Describe the author's writing style in the first chapter.

8. What does the author say about Donald?

9. In Chapter 2, who does the author narrate having a frightening encounter with?

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

(see the answer keys)

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