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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 is Toby afraid to say anything bad about Roy when his mother asks what he thinks about leaving Roy?
(a) Toby is afraid his mother will tell Roy, and Roy will take it out on Toby.
(b) Toby is afraid his mother will use it against him if she and Roy get back together.
(c) Toby thinks he will not be allowed to take the rifle if he says he doesn't like Roy.
(d) Toby doesn't want to talk about Roy behind his back.

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 have the same name as his mother's boyfriend.
(d) He wants to seem more mature.

3. What does Gil call Toby?
(a) Judd.
(b) Tory.
(c) Jack.
(d) Mike.

4. Why does Toby allow others to think he won the fight with Arthur?
(a) To make a reputation as a cool kid.
(b) So other kids won't mess with Toby.
(c) To separate himself from Arthur.
(d) To gain Dwight's approval.

5. Toby is crushed when he realizes that Bobby and Norma were having sex while he played basketball. What does this prompt Toby to fantasize about?
(a) Winning a basketball game to get Norma's attention.
(b) Beating Bobby up.
(c) Getting horribly injured in Norma's presence and being nursed back to health by her.
(d) Hitting Norma for betraying him, and then forgiving her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Skipper go to Tijuana, Mexico?

2. What color do Toby and Dwight paint the house?

3. Why do Toby and his mother go to a house belonging to two strange men?

4. Why does Skipper decide not to take Toby with him to Mexico?

5. What is ironic about Dwight forcing Toby to admit he is a liar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Toby wants to take Roy's gun when he and his mother prepare to leave Roy's house?

2. How does the car look when Skipper returns from Mexico? How does Skipper feel about the car?

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

4. How does the Vice Principal find out who vandalized the bathroom wall?

5. What is the significance of the drink that Judd brings to Toby?

6. What do Toby and Pearl do in the car while they wait for Rosemary and Dwight outside the Marblemount tavern?

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

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

9. Describe Rosemary's father.

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

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