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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lindsey teach Colin how to do?
(a) Tie several types of knots.
(b) Shoot a bow.
(c) Run the tractor.
(d) Shoot a shotgun.

2. Why does Lindsey teach Colin what she teaches him?
(a) So he is not embarrassed the next weekend.
(b) So he can hang a swing over the creek for her.
(c) Just to give him an experience he's never had.
(d) He is curious about the gears.

3. To what status does Colin refer when speaking to Hassan?
(a) Colin's status as the nineteenth Colin in his family.
(b) Colin's status as a track star.
(c) Colin's status as an only child.
(d) Colin's status as a prodigy.

4. What does the factory manufacture that is owned by Hollis' family?
(a) Climbing ropes.
(b) Bungee cords.
(c) Tarpon nets.
(d) Tampon strings.

5. Where are Colin's parents when they are first mentioned?
(a) Sitting on his bed.
(b) Down in the basement fighting about Colin.
(c) Swimming in the ocean also.
(d) Looking at the pictures of Colin ex-girlfriends on his wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Colin first meet Hassan?

2. What may Hollis be doing that is illegal?

3. What does Hassan do when Lindsey arrives with two other boys?

4. What is Colin Singleton doing at the opening of the novel?

5. Whose grave do Colin and Hassan decide to stop at?

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