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

2. Where does the vice principal accuse Toby of vandalizing the bathroom wall?
(a) The nurse's office.
(b) Toby's classroom.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The main office.

3. How does Toby's mother decide where they are moving?
(a) She picks a city at random.
(b) Friends have invited her to stay with them.
(c) She has a job prospect in another state.
(d) She asks Toby where he would like to live.

4. What is ironic about Dwight forcing Toby to admit he is a liar?
(a) Dwight has done nothing but lie since Toby met him.
(b) Toby was not lying when he said he felt sick to his stomach.
(c) Toby lies about the lies he tells.
(d) Dwight is able to make Toby behave, while Rosemary cannot.

5. How does Rosemary punish Toby?
(a) She takes a bath, reads a book, and goes to bed early.
(b) As Marian suggests.
(c) She spanks him.
(d) She makes him give her his cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toby's mother make him promise before he can have Roy's rifle?

2. Why does Rosemary continue to make bad choices?

3. Why does Toby act like he is sorry about the fight with Arthur?

4. What does the contrast between the piano's black keys and the rest of Dwight's house symbolize?

5. Why do Toby and his mother believe they will be successful in Utah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Toby and his mother believe about their new life in Utah?

2. Why do Toby, Silver, and Taylor watch the Mickey Mouse Club?

3. Describe Toby's mother.

4. What sins does Toby confess before his baptism? Why does he confess these sins?

5. How does Rosemary react when she is told Toby's crime?

6. What happens when Toby shoots a squirrel?

7. What happens on the drive from Toby's house to Chinook?

8. Describe Toby's basketball game against Van Horn.

9. Why do Norma and Bobby Crow take Toby to his basketball games? How does Toby feel about it?

10. How does Dwight react to the news of Toby's fight?

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