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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 names does Edward list as he lies with Bull and Lucy as they sleep?
(a) The people whom he hates.
(b) The people who love him.
(c) The songs he has heard.
(d) The different types of animals.

2. Where do Bull, his dog, and Edward sleep at night, according to the narrator in Chapter 13?
(a) On the ground.
(b) In a train car.
(c) In a wooden cabin.
(d) On a cot.

3. What does Bryce's father do before leaving the home in the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) He slaps Sarah Ruth.
(b) He kicks Edward.
(c) He slaps Bryce.
(d) He pulls off Edward's arm.

4. Who carries Edward on his shoulder in Chapter 22?
(a) Nellie.
(b) Abilene.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Lucy.

5. What does Bryce help the old woman with in Chapter 16?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Counting money.
(c) Making soup.
(d) Baking bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the diner where Bryce takes Edward in Chapter 21?

2. What is described in Chapter 17 as "the saddest sound that Edward had ever heard" (126)?

3. Who does Edward think the old woman is that comes to watch Edward and Bryce perform on the street corner in Chapter 20?

4. Whose house does Edward walk to in the beginning of Chapter 22?

5. What does Sarah Ruth play with during the day while Edward sits with her in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sarah Ruth and how does Edward feel about this character?

2. How does Edward's identity change while in Sarah Ruth's care?

3. From what affliction does Sarah Ruth suffer? How does it affect her?

4. When and under what circumstances does Sarah Ruth die?

5. What happens to Edward at the end of Chapter 21?

6. Where does Edward wake up in Chapter 23? How is this setting described?

7. How does Bryce attempt to make money with Edward in Chapter 20? Is he successful?

8. What does the old woman do with Edward in Chapter 15? Why?

9. Who is Lucius Clarke and what are Edward's perceptions of this character?

10. Why does Bryce leave his home with Edward in Chapter 19? Where does he go?

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