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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of being able to cheer his mother up in Chapter 1, what is Marcus only able to do?
(a) Make her cry.
(b) Make her angry.
(c) Frustrate her.
(d) Distract her.

2. What is Will convinced of in Chapter 14?
(a) That Fiona is crazy.
(b) That Fiona is his soulmate.
(c) That Fiona is in love with him.
(d) That Fiona is not his type.

3. Why do the students ask Marcus not to hang out with them in Chapter 5?
(a) He is mean to them.
(b) They are being teased because Marcus is around.
(c) He has a strange odor.
(d) They already have too many friends.

4. What do Marcus and Will often talk about in Chapter 16?
(a) School and Marcus' father.
(b) Girls.
(c) Music.
(d) Fiona and Marcus' wish for a bigger family.

5. Who does Marcus interrupt at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Will and Suzie.
(b) Will and Fiona.
(c) Nick and Suzie.
(d) Fiona and her boyfriend.

6. What does Will ask Suzie in Chapter 12?
(a) If it would be appropriate to take Marcus out for an afternoon.
(b) If she needs him to babysit.
(c) If she would go out with him.
(d) If Marcus is adopted.

7. What lie does Will tell the park keeper in Chapter 9?
(a) Will thew the object at the duck.
(b) the duck attack was a hit and run.
(c) Marcus was trying to keep Suzie's daughter from seeing the dead duck.
(d) The duck was attacking Will.

8. Who does Suzie introduce Will to in Chapter 8?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Peter.
(d) Nick.

9. What does Marcus believe he has done at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Stepped in gum.
(b) Killed a duck.
(c) Made a friend.
(d) Lost three pounds.

10. What does Marcus do in anticipation of his mother's homecoming?
(a) He does all his homework.
(b) He hides all the sharp objects.
(c) He cleans the apartment.
(d) He makes her favorite dinner.

11. What does a group of older kids throw at Marcus in Chapter 16?
(a) Their shoes.
(b) Hard candies.
(c) Snowballs.
(d) Mud.

12. What does Marcus try to force Will and Fiona to do over lunch in Chapter 13?
(a) Argue.
(b) Converse.
(c) Discuss their futures.
(d) Flirt.

13. What is Will's last name?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Farnsworth.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Freeman.

14. Why does Marcus turn off the film in Chapter 11?
(a) The actors can't act.
(b) There are embarassing sex scenes.
(c) The main character attempts suicide repeatedly.
(d) The movie is boring and predictable.

15. What is Fiona doing when Marcus returns home in Chapter 7?
(a) Crying violently.
(b) Sleeping in her coat.
(c) Watching cartoons.
(d) Eating cookie dough and staring at the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "About a Boy"?

2. Who does Will date in Chapter 4?

3. What has Marcus hit a duck with at the SPAT picnic?

4. What is Will bored of in Chapter 12?

5. What does Marcus accuse Will of in Chapter 14?

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