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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Adam doesn't think the place where he's at smells like a ___________, so he is confused as to where he is.
(a) Jail
(b) Hospital
(c) School
(d) Home

2. What is a word that might be used to describe Adam's current state of mind?
(a) Despondent
(b) Happy
(c) Powerful
(d) Encouraged

3. What is the name of the boy who begins to harass Adam as he is sitting at the table, talking about his bike?
(a) Tom
(b) Snapper
(c) Whipper
(d) Ripper

4. What is the scent of perfume that the boy remembers as being something his mother used to wear?
(a) Rose
(b) Lily
(c) Peony
(d) Lilac

5. What does Adam decide to eat when he is in a small restaurant in Carver on his bike journey?
(a) Cereal
(b) Clam chowder
(c) Grilled cheese
(d) Hamburger

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the other three guys in the restaurant eating as Adam sits alone with his meal?

2. How many speeds does the boy's bike have on it, by his own account at the start of the story?

3. Finally, Adam decides he will continue on to ______________, even though he is not sure he is strong enough.

4. The boy wants to make the bike trip without any _________, so he puts them in the garbage disposal.

5. On the day that Adam's mother is the happiest, she has a special _________ hour that she enjoys in her bedroom.

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