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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of film do Marcus and his mother begin to watch in Chapter 11?
(a) An action-adventure.
(b) A mystery.
(c) A family drama.
(d) A comedy.

2. Where does Marcus run into bullies in Chapter 7?
(a) At Church.
(b) The local news agent's store.
(c) Outside his house.
(d) In a graveyard.

3. What does Marcus wonder in regard to his mother in Chapter 11?
(a) Why he is not a big enough reason for his mother to want to live.
(b) Why she smiles at the strangest moments.
(c) Why she lives him so much.
(d) Why she is so forgetful.

4. What does Will realize at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He should try to date a married woman.
(b) Single mothers are the perfect partner for a man afraid of commitment.
(c) He is bored with dating.
(d) He should never date single mothers.

5. What surprises Will when he tries to break it off with the woman in Chapter 4?
(a) She weeps uncontrollably.
(b) She ends the relationship first.
(c) She giggles.
(d) She pretends not to hear him.

6. What do the bullies do to Marcus in Chapter 7?
(a) Try to trash his house.
(b) Try to make it look like he stole candy.
(c) Try to throw him in a newly-dug grave.
(d) Try to give him a weggie.

7. Where does Marcus take Will and Suzie at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Church.
(b) His flat.
(c) The pond.
(d) A diner.

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

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

10. What does Will have trouble doing in Chapter 6?
(a) Making small talk with mothers.
(b) Taking care of Ned.
(c) Falling asleep.
(d) Keeping track of the details of Ned's life.

11. What does Marcus begin to imagine during lunch in Chapter 13?
(a) What it would be like to live with his father.
(b) What it would be like to be Will's biological son.
(c) What it would be like if Will and Fiona wed.
(d) What it would be like if he weren't there.

12. Who is the author of "About a Boy"?
(a) Nick Hornby.
(b) David Sedaris.
(c) John Grisham.
(d) Douglas Coupland.

13. What does Will buy at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) A new television.
(b) An expensive suit.
(c) A backpack for Marcus.
(d) A car seat.

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

15. What does Will do when he sees the older kids going after Marcus in Chapter 16?
(a) He chases them away.
(b) He calls the police.
(c) He pretends not to see.
(d) He laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will ask Suzie in Chapter 12?

2. Why is Marcus having trouble at school in Chapter 3?

3. Who does Suzie introduce Will to in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Marcus partly blame his mother for the trouble he faces at school?

5. What do Fiona and Marcus do that Will has no interest in in Chapter 14?

(see the answer keys)

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