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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. Where did Dante's mother go to graduate school?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Boston U.
(d) University of Colorado.

2. In Section 1, Chapter 5, how does Dante play music?
(a) Cassettes.
(b) Television.
(c) Radio.
(d) Record player.

3. What does Ari dream about at the beginning of Section 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Robins.
(c) Dying.
(d) Sparrows.

4. In Section 1, Chapter 5, what poet does Ari read?
(a) Joyce Kilmer.
(b) William Cowper.
(c) William Carlos Williams.
(d) Maya Angelou.

5. When did Buddy Holly and Richie Valens die in a plane crash?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Section 2, who does Ari say is his enemy for life?

2. Why is Ari happy at the end Section 2, Chapter 2?

3. When is Ari's birthday?

4. In Section 1, Chapter 7, what is on the walls of Ari's bedroom?

5. When Ari's wakes in Section 2, Chapter 4, what has Dante left for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ari describe his surgeon?

2. How does Ari feel when he awakes at the beginning of Section 2, Chapter 1?

3. What high schools do Ari and Dante attend and why?

4. What does Dante do with Ari when Dante comes over in Section 2, Chapter 4?

5. How often does Ari's father visit Ari when he is in the hospital and what do they do together?

6. What did Ari receive for his birthday when he was in sixth grade and how did the presents work out for him?

7. Why does Ari like the drawing of the chair that Dante creates for him?

8. How does Ari describe his family?

9. Why doesn't Ari like dealing with his mother's Catholic-Church-lady friends?

10. What is Ari's mood at the beginning of Section 1, Chapter 1?

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