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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 is Tick's art class assignment for this week?
(a) A Kandinsky piece
(b) A still life of a flower arrangement
(c) A Mondrian design
(d) Horses in a pasture

2. What is the title of Father Mark's sermon?
(a) When God Retreats
(b) God Unplugged
(c) Digital Deity
(d) When God Takes a Vacation

3. What does Principal Meyer discover when he goes to John Voss' house?
(a) The grandmother is dead
(b) There is no grandmother
(c) The grandmother is injured on the floor
(d) All the doors and windows are wide open

4. What has Zack "borrowed" from his father?
(a) A jacket
(b) A key ring
(c) $50
(d) His car

5. What is John Voss considered to be?
(a) Irredeemable
(b) A ward of the state
(c) A genius
(d) Anti social

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is killed at the shooting at the school?

2. For whom does Miles' mother work after she loses her job?

3. Where is Miles in the flashback in Part 4, Chapter 26?

4. Where does Miles' mother take him after missing church for several weeks?

5. What business closes in this year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the situation for Miles and Tick following the shooting?

2. What were the two areas of focus in Grace's life as she got older?

3. How is Mrs. Whiting's character further revealed in Part 3, Chapter 22?

4. Cite the three things that Tick notes have happened all in one day.

5. Describe the scenario of John Voss coming into the classroom with a revolver.

6. How is Zack's unsportsmanlike behavior having a negative impact on his life?

7. What does Horace reveal that he had seen John Voss doing to some dogs?

8. Explain the foreshadowing of Zack Minty's comments about John Voss' grandmother.

9. What is the metaphor of John Voss dragging his grandmother's body to the dump?

10. What further details does Max reveal to Miles about Grace's affair with C.B. Whiting that summer long ago?

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