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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fiona insist on at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Having a drink.
(b) Praying as a family.
(c) Singing.
(d) Finishing the film.

2. What does Will dislike?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Football.
(d) Idleness.

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

4. What does Will do when Fiona calls him again in Chapter 14?
(a) He calls her back the following day.
(b) He tells her he is busy.
(c) He ignores the message.
(d) He arranges a date.

5. What do Fiona and Marcus do that Will has no interest in in Chapter 14?
(a) They sing romantic ballads.
(b) Pray before eating.
(c) Play a board game.
(d) Look at an old photo album.

6. What does Marcus find at his house in Chapter 11?
(a) A dead rat.
(b) A gift for him from his father.
(c) His mother's suicide note.
(d) A letter from Will.

7. What does Marcus not have a solution for in Chapter 5?
(a) How to get better grades.
(b) How to become cool.
(c) How to make his mother feel better.
(d) How to lose weight.

8. What does Will tell himself is nice about his life in Chapter 12?
(a) That he is still young.
(b) That he is rich.
(c) That he is attractive to women.
(d) That he is able to fill his days anyway he wants.

9. After many visits from Marcus, what does Will stop doing?
(a) Trying to block him at the door.
(b) Cleaning up for him.
(c) Calling Fiona to pick him up.
(d) Making his food.

10. How old is Ned?
(a) Four years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) One year old.
(d) Two years old.

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

12. Who is Ned?
(a) Will's father.
(b) Will's made-up son.
(c) Will's nephew.
(d) Will's son.

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

14. Who is Roger?
(a) Will's best friend.
(b) Fiona's most recent boyfriend.
(c) Fiona's brother.
(d) Will's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Will, Suzie and Marcus wait for in Chapter 10?

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

3. What does Marcus wonder in regard to his mother in Chapter 11?

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

5. What does Marcus believe he has done at the end of Chapter 8?

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