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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theodore say he once did?
(a) Hit his mother.
(b) Tried to kill his brother.
(c) Tried to get out of the draft.
(d) Tried to kill himself.

2. Who is Charlotte?
(a) Arvin's mother.
(b) Arvin's oldest sister.
(c) Arvin's younger sister.
(d) Arvin's aunt who is married to the uncle who stops by.

3. What does Arvin consider the event that he witnesses?
(a) It was enlightening.
(b) He realizes his father has a soft side.
(c) It is the best time he ever had with his father.
(d) It was gratifying to know his father was looking out for Willard.

4. Where has Sandy been driving?
(a) In the New England States.
(b) Across the Midwest.
(c) Across the South.
(d) In the Pacific Northwest.

5. Where is Willard going?
(a) Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
(b) Differ, West Virginia.
(c) Wakeman, Georgia.
(d) Coal Creek, Virginia.

6. Who is Jack?
(a) Charlotte's brother who comes to visit.
(b) A neighbor who is getting suspicious of Willard's activities.
(c) Arvin's best friend.
(d) A gentle dog Arvin adopted.

7. What happens despite the sacrifice of the lawyer?
(a) Arvin's health begins to fail.
(b) Willard is not happy.
(c) Charlotte's condition worsens.
(d) Willard cannot buy the house the lawyer used to own.

8. How old is Arvin when Willard decides to move?
(a) 4.
(b) 11.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

9. About whom does Theodore sing?
(a) Roy.
(b) Willard.
(c) Emma.
(d) Charlotte.

10. About what is Hank fantasizing?
(a) Playing for the Cincinnati Reds.
(b) Owning the local flower shop.
(c) Asking a certain girl out for a date.
(d) Going to Cincinnati for a baseball game.

11. How is Charlotte's funeral described?
(a) Willard does not have a funeral.
(b) As highly attended.
(c) As lavishly done.
(d) As sparsely attended.

12. What does Sandy do with the first hitchhiker mentioned?
(a) Shoots her.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Initiates sex.
(d) Gives her some money.

13. What does Lee ask Arvin?
(a) If Arvin wants to ride in the police car.
(b) If Arvin is making up stories.
(c) If Arvin wants to wait until later to take Lee out to his house.
(d) If Arvin is a runaway.

14. Why does Willard decide to move?
(a) To get Arvin out of the city.
(b) To take up farming again.
(c) To find a better doctor for Emma.
(d) To buy a bigger house for the growing familly.

15. What does Bodecker recall about a night he passed out drunk?
(a) Sandy drives him home.
(b) Sandy tells him about her and Carl's trip.
(c) Sandy takes his money.
(d) Sandy tells him she is going to kill herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carl store in his glove box?

2. What does Arvin secretly wish?

3. Why is Willard's mother relieved at what she learns about Roy?

4. What does Willard decide he is going to do after watching his father?

5. What is the year of the opening of the first chapter?

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