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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Toby and the rest of the Archery Club shoot at?
(a) Tin cans and trash bags.
(b) Each other.
(c) Cats and dogs.
(d) Cats and each other.

2. Why does Skipper decide not to take Toby with him to Mexico?
(a) Skipper doesn't want Toby to come.
(b) There won't be any room for Toby to sleep in the car.
(c) Dwight said Toby couldn't go.
(d) Skipper will not be going to Mexico.

3. Why doesn't Rosemary allow Marian to set Toby straight?
(a) Rosemary says Toby is a good kid, and she doesn't believe in discipline.
(b) Rosemary doesn't care what Toby does.
(c) Rosemary doesn't believe Toby is acting poorly.
(d) Rosemary feels Marian is encroaching on her parenting.

4. What did the note from Sister James say?
(a) It expressed concern about Toby's after school activities.
(b) It asked Toby's mother to call Sister James.
(c) It praised Toby and his involvement in his catechism classes.
(d) It invited Toby's family to a church potluck.

5. Why do Toby and his mother believe they will be successful in Utah?
(a) The job market is very healthy.
(b) Housing is cheap.
(c) Toby's mother has received a promising job offer.
(d) They have had it rough and deserve some good luck.

6. Which of the following sins does Toby not include in his baptism confession?
(a) He has "bad thoughts."
(b) He steals money from his mother's wallet.
(c) He talks behind his friends' backs.
(d) He hates his father.

7. Why are Toby and his mother leaving Florida for Utah?
(a) They are trying to escape Toby's mother's boyfriend.
(b) Toby's father lives in Utah.
(c) Toby's mother thinks Toby will receive a better education there.
(d) Toby's mother has been offered a job in Utah.

8. Why doesn't Rosemary live with Toby and Dwight?
(a) Rosemary can't find a job in Chinook.
(b) Dwight wants more time to bond with Toby.
(c) Rosemary doesn't know if she wants to marry Dwight.
(d) Chinook is too far from Rosemary's friends.

9. What do Roy and Toby do every day?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Shoot cans.
(c) Make dinner before Toby's mother comes home.
(d) Wait for Toby's mother to follow her home from work.

10. What do Pearl and Toby NOT do while waiting in the car for Dwight and Rosemary?
(a) Try to drive each other crazy.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Sing the words to American Bandstand.
(d) Listen to the radio.

11. What does Toby steal money to do?
(a) Save for college.
(b) Buy a better gun.
(c) Buy new shoes.
(d) Run away from home.

12. Why doesn't Toby's mother want him to take the rifle to Seattle with them?
(a) She doesn't think Toby deserves to have the rifle.
(b) She thinks Toby likes Roy better than he likes her.
(c) She doesn't like guns, and it won't fit in the car.
(d) She's afraid it will cause trouble.

13. What happens during the game against Van Horn?
(a) Dwight causes a scene by bursting in during the game and trying to bring Toby home.
(b) Toby makes a spectacular shot.
(c) Toby gets some words of encouragement from his coach.
(d) Toby's shoes make him fall whenever he tries to stop and the crowd laughs at him.

14. What are the names of the two boys Toby hangs out with?
(a) Arthur and Skipper.
(b) Dwight and Roy.
(c) Mark and Shawn.
(d) Terry and Terry.

15. Why does Toby's mother agree to let Gil buy Toby a bike?
(a) She can't afford to buy him a bike herself.
(b) She won't get alone time with Gil unless Toby gets his way.
(c) She wants Toby to have toys like other boys his age.
(d) She thinks it will make Toby like her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does it upset Toby when Pearl throws her arms around Rosemary?

2. What is NOT one of the reasons Toby wears his hair slicked back?

3. Why does Toby allow others to think he won the fight with Arthur?

4. Why doesn't Toby like Dwight?

5. When Dwight drives drunk after visiting Marblemount tavern, Pearl grabs Toby when Dwight takes sharp curves. What does this show about Pearl and Toby's relationship?

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