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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will decide when he visits an old friend in Chapter 2?
(a) Never to have a child.
(b) To move to the coast.
(c) To start a family.
(d) To propose to his highschool sweetheart.

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

3. Who are the two protagonists of the novel "About a Boy"?
(a) Will and Fiona.
(b) Will and Marcus.
(c) Marcus and Fiona.
(d) Roger and Will.

4. What does Marcus accuse Will of in Chapter 14?
(a) Resting on his laurels.
(b) Lying about Ned.
(c) Breaking his mother's heart.
(d) Stealing his CD player.

5. Why is dinner stressful in Chapter 1?
(a) Marcus is sick.
(b) Fiona has just lost her job.
(c) Marcus failed a class.
(d) Fiona has just been dumped.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Will date in Chapter 4?

2. What kind of test is Will taking in Chapter 2?

3. Where does Marcus take Will and Suzie at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. What does Will dislike?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Marcus and Will become closer in Chapter 15?

2. What does Will think of marriage and children?

3. Who is Angie?

4. What happens to a duck at the SPAT picnic? How does Will cover up for Marcus because of the duck?

5. What do Marcus, Suzie and Will discover at the end of Chapter 9?

6. What lie does Will tell in Chapter 8?

7. Describe Will's lunch with Marcus and Fiona in Chapter 13.

8. How does Will feel about the drama at the hospital and being there for it?

9. What does Marcus find at home in Chapter 11?

10. What happens when Marcus tries to hang out with some boys in Chapter 5?

(see the answer keys)

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