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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. Why does Marcus wait outside the news agent's in Chapter 27?
(a) He is scared of the clerk.
(b) He has no money to spend.
(c) The clerk does not want too many people in the store.
(d) He is meeting someone there.

2. Where does Will find Marcus at the beginning of Chapter 27?
(a) At Will's house.
(b) At Marcus' house.
(c) At the bus stop.
(d) At the park.

3. What does Megan try to do with her Christmas gift from Marcus?
(a) Share it with Will.
(b) Throw it away.
(c) Eat it.
(d) Break it.

4. How does Marcus react when he sees Ellie at Suzie's New Year's Eve party?
(a) He is surprised.
(b) He is angered.
(c) He is scared.
(d) He is nervous.

5. Why does Will feel he cannot help Fiona?
(a) Because he has too many problems of his own to worry about others'.
(b) Because he does not get along well with her.
(c) Because he cannot imagine himself trying to tell Fiona the point.
(d) Because she needs professional help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ellie?

2. What does Fiona ask Will to do in Chapter 18 when she calls him?

3. Why does Will feel guilty in Chapter 30?

4. Where does Ellie and Zoe take Marcus in Chapter 21?

5. What does Rachel suggest she do in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ellie? What do Ellie and Marcus talk about in Chapter 19?

2. What shocks Marcus' classmates in Chapter 21?

3. What does Will confess to Rachel in Chapter 28?

4. Describe the Christmas dinner in Chapter 22.

5. What lie does Will tell Rachel?

6. What does the reader learn about Ellie's mother in Chapter 25?

7. What happens outside a news agent in Chapter 27?

8. Why does Marcus try to keep Ellie from reading the papers in Chapter 31?

9. What makes Will unhappy enough to skip Christmas in Chapter 18?

10. How does Fiona react when she finds out about Marcus' visits to Will's house?

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