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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ghost’s response to Lu’s secret?
(a) He can sympathize with having an absent father.
(b) He understands how hard it is living in a split family.
(c) He is confused at Lu’s feelings.
(d) He can imagine wanting a brother.

2. What is Thursday’s practice?
(a) Ladders.
(b) Long run.
(c) Fartleks.
(d) Technique.

3. When will Sunny show his teammates his skills, according to Coach Brody?
(a) In the 10K.
(b) In the mile.
(c) In the 800 meters.
(d) In the marathon.

4. What does Ghost say he is a master at?
(a) Running on the Stairmaster.
(b) Catching the bus on time.
(c) Picking sunflowers out of the seeds with his teeth.
(d) Doing the minimum homework.

5. Since we know that Ghost will be joining a track team and running races, what does the scene where his father shot a gun at him serve as?
(a) Flashback.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ghost say he learned to do the night his father lost it?

2. What part of long runs make Ghost nervous?

3. What does Ghost go to the bus stop for?

4. What saves Ghost from the mortification of everyone’s laughter?

5. What leads Curron to want to make mother jokes about Sunny’s mother?

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