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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Amen Corner (pgs. 270-276).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Toby not excited at first about being accepted at Hill?
(a) He is losing faith in his own future.
(b) He is having second thoughts about going to a new school.
(c) He would rather join the Army.
(d) He doesn't want to leave his friends.

2. Why doesn't Toby like Dwight?
(a) Because Dwight is mean to Toby.
(b) Because Dwight is a pleaser.
(c) Because Dwight tries to discipline Toby.
(d) Because Toby is afraid Dwight will make them move.

3. Why do Dwight and Toby pretend to have a normal family relationship when Rosemary visits?
(a) Toby is afraid he will hurt his mother's feelings if she sees how unhappy he is.
(b) Dwight threatens Toby and forces him to act happy.
(c) Toby wants his mother to marry Dwight.
(d) Toby wants a family life even if it's not perfect.

4. What does Toby's mother believe she will get a job doing in Utah?
(a) Waitressing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Managing a hotel.
(d) Mining uranium.

5. What is the significance of the particularly cruel woman in the crowd during the game being dressed in curlers and toreador pants?
(a) It shows the woman is crazy or has been the victim of abuse.
(b) It represents the insensible cruelty of society.
(c) It mirrors the falseness of Rosemary's interest in parenting.
(d) It shows that the woman has no fashion sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stephen offer in response to the letter Toby sends him?

2. Why does Toby ask Mr. Howard to pick him up in front of a crowded drugstore?

3. Why doesn't Marian approve of Gil?

4. How does Toby feel about morphine?

5. What event prompts Toby to rethink forgiving his father for abandoning him?

(see the answer key)

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