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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Citizenship in the Home (pgs 117-125).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toby braces himself "for the next curve" at the end of Chapter 3. Which of the following does this NOT refer to?
(a) The next curveball Dwight throws him.
(b) Toby's opportunity to start a better life.
(c) The dangerous life curve his mother has put him on.
(d) Literally, the next curve in the road.

2. Why does Toby want to change his name?
(a) He believes it will change his identity and problems.
(b) He thinks Toby is a girl's name.
(c) He wants to seem more mature.
(d) He wants to have the same name as his mother's boyfriend.

3. Why do Toby and his mother leave Moab, Utah?
(a) Moab's schools are not suitable for Toby.
(b) Toby's mother decides to return to her hometown in California.
(c) Toby's mother is offered a job in Salt Lake City.
(d) Any mining fortune to be made has already been made.

4. What does Toby tell his mother happened to the squirrel he shot?
(a) A friend from school dared him to shoot it.
(b) Toby shot it.
(c) He does not know how the squirrel died.
(d) Roy killed the squirrel.

5. What does Rosemary say to Toby about Dwight after meeting him?
(a) She thinks it would be good for Toby to have a father figure and siblings.
(b) She reminds Toby that Marian thinks she needs to be married.
(c) Dwight would like to adopt Toby as his son.
(d) Dwight reminds Rosemary of her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is most symbolic of Toby's life with Dwight?

2. What do Roy and Toby do every day?

3. What is the significance of Dwight's story about the salmon that risk their lives on their journey to Chinook, spawn, and then die?

4. What is Toby's punishment for vandalizing the bathroom?

5. How does Toby's mother decide where they are moving?

(see the answer key)

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