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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. What does Mr. Howard think will be difficult for Toby to adjust to at Hill?
(a) The students and the hard winters.
(b) The strict teachers.
(c) Being so far from his family and friends.
(d) The curriculum.

2. When Toby falls from a tree branch down a concrete hill, what demonstrates his disinterest in saving his own life?
(a) His hands are in his pockets.
(b) Climbing the tree branch.
(c) Drinking Hawaiian Punch and vodka.
(d) He does not cry for help.

3. Which of the following does not bother Toby about Arthur?
(a) Arthur never talks to or looks at his girlfriend.
(b) The one person who really knows Toby is out of his life.
(c) Arthur has a girlfriend and Toby does not.
(d) Arthur doesn't put his true self forward.

4. Why does Mr. Bolger want Chuck to marry Tina?
(a) It is the right thing to do.
(b) Chuck confesses to Mr. Bolger that he knows he is the father.
(c) Mr. Bolger knows Chuck will be the best husband for Tina.
(d) Mr. Bolger doesn't want Chuck to leave for college.

5. Toby says the Irish tenor in the Champagne Orchestra is singing for his life. This mirrors how Toby feels about:
(a) His interactions with Dwight.
(b) His mother's attitude toward their life.
(c) His struggles to create new identities.
(d) His relationship with his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Toby respond when Mr. Howard warns him that he might have a rough time at Hill?

2. What does Toby say when Dwight accuses him of stealing Old Crow?

3. What is the only thing of Toby's in the house?

4. What does Toby realize about the fence Mr. Welsh's children are building?

5. Why does Toby remain on morphine while he is in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Rosemary campaign for? Why does this make Dwight angry? How does this affect Toby's home life?

2. Why does Toby run away slowly from the drugstore worker? What does this tell the reader about Toby? Why does no one stop Toby?

3. How much money does Toby take to the Gathering of the Tribes? Where did he get this money, and what does he plan to do with it? Does he succeed?

4. Why is Chuck pressured to marry Tina Flood?

5. Describe the dog Toby is given.

6. Do you think Rosemary did the right thing when she separated her sons? Provide specific examples in your answer.

7. What is different now between Toby and Geoffrey?

8. Why does Mr. Howard think Hill will be tough on Toby? How does Toby respond?

9. How does Toby find a letter from Rosemary's brother, Stephen? What does Toby do about it?

10. What do Toby's friends want to do for him? How successful are they?

(see the answer keys)

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