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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cal's father use to control pests in his garden?
(a) Pesticide.
(b) Scarecrows.
(c) Ladybugs.
(d) Dish liquid.

2. What one item in the trailer looks like it is not sterile?
(a) A bookshelf.
(b) The lighting.
(c) The door.
(d) The plexiglass.

3. What is used by teasers to hit Zachary's trailer?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Glass drink bottles.
(d) Toys.

4. What does Cal see when he peeks inside Zachary's gold box?
(a) Photos.
(b) A Bible.
(c) Money.
(d) Baseball card collection.

5. What does the community discuss over lunch at the diner in Chapter 5?
(a) That Mr. McKnight's crops have failed.
(b) That Kate has passed her driver's test.
(c) That Zachary Beaver was left alone.
(d) That Toby's mom has run away with another man.

6. What do Toby and Cal take to their lookout spot in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Candy.
(b) A tape measure.
(c) A hand held video game.
(d) Binoculars.

7. Who phones while Toby is at Scarlett's house?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) Cal.
(c) Juan.
(d) Miss Myrtie Mae.

8. What do Toby and Cal want to research at the library?
(a) The population of nearby towns.
(b) Whether Zachary Beaver is the fattest kid in the world.
(c) Colleges that will get them far from Antler.
(d) The cost of area amusement parks to plan a day trip.

9. What does Toby realize when he drinks his first ever cup of coffee?
(a) It gives him indigestion.
(b) He doesn't like it.
(c) He likes it with cream.
(d) It makes him jittery.

10. Why does Toby get mad at Scarlett in Chapter 10?
(a) For telling the Sheriff he is there.
(b) For telling Cal he is not there.
(c) For telling Miss Myrtie May that Toby does not have a cake with him.
(d) For telling Juan he is there.

11. How does Toby's mother finish in the singing competition?
(a) She places second.
(b) She wins.
(c) She loses all together.
(d) She places third.

12. Where does Mr. Wilson take Toby for lunch in Chapter 5?
(a) The bowling alley diner.
(b) Gossimer Lake for a picnic.
(c) To the town's Mexican restaurant.
(d) The Dairy Maid.

13. When Toby and Cal leave their lookout post in Chapter 6, what is dropped?
(a) A dollar.
(b) A quarter.
(c) A candy bar.
(d) A letter.

14. Where is Antler located?
(a) In the Texas panhandle.
(b) In the Arkansas panhandle.
(c) In the Florida panhandle.
(d) In the Oklahoma panhandle.

15. Who sticks up for the featured sideshow person when another child begins to taunt?
(a) Toby.
(b) Cal.
(c) Tara.
(d) Scarlett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who agrees to cut Myrtie Mae's lawn throughout the summer?

2. In Antler, what often blows in the wind like snow?

3. What skill was Juan teaching Scarlett that Toby does not have?

4. Who is planning to meet Juan in Chapter 1?

5. Where does the sideshow trailer stop when it rolls into town?

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