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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Torey try to convince his mother?
(a) Nothing; Torey is too upset to talk to his mother.
(b) Bo's innocence.
(c) Mrs. Creed's guilt.
(d) Ali's mother's child abuse.

2. How does Chris Creed break his ankle the year before?
(a) He is ice skating and falls.
(b) He is trying to hang glide from the tree in the back yard.
(c) He fell on his motorcycle.
(d) He is pushed off the bleachers.

3. To whom has Torey shown the information contained in the email?
(a) Chris Creed.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His doctor.

4. Who had supposedly sent an email to the principal at the previous school where Torey attended?
(a) Billy Boon.
(b) Torey.
(c) Chris Creed.
(d) The person wrote anonymously.

5. Why did Torey hit Chris Creed?
(a) For touching the guitar Chris brought to school for show and tell.
(b) For leaning on Chris's new snare drum he brought to school.
(c) For singing a song out of tune.
(d) For blowing on Chris's new native American flute.

6. What is something Ali tells Torey about Chris Creed?
(a) That his mother always walks into Chris's bedroom without knocking.
(b) That Chris is actually two years younger than the rest of the kids in his grade.
(c) That his parents have beaten Chris badly at times.
(d) That Chris has a gun that Ali has seen him load and unload.

7. What is upsetting Torey at the opening of this chapter?
(a) Because Ali won't speak to him.
(b) Because his dog is sick.
(c) The fact that Ryan and Alex did not show up for band practise.
(d) Because Torey's father had to stay in Chicago another night.

8. What does Torey wonder about as he listens to Chris's parents speak?
(a) How they must be terribly scared.
(b) About whether Chris's parents killed Chris.
(c) How calm they seem despite Chris's disappearance.
(d) How they were clueless about their son.

9. How do the boys find out the content of the email?
(a) They don't find the content of the email.
(b) They hack into the police files.
(c) They torture the writer until he tells them.
(d) They break into the principal's office and find a hard copy.

10. Who is the only calm person among those at the police station concerning Chris Creed?
(a) Bo.
(b) Mrs. Adams.
(c) Mrs. Creed.
(d) Ali.

11. How does Torey feel about Ali?
(a) Aloof.
(b) Worried.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Depressed.

12. What do Ryan and Alex do as they eat sandwiches?
(a) Talk about girls.
(b) As Torey's father about his time in Desert Storm.
(c) Grill each other on their upcoming history exam.
(d) Joke about Chris Creed.

13. What group of kids consistently picked on kids like Chris Creed?
(a) The jets.
(b) Everyone picked on Chris Creed.
(c) The most popular and wealthy.
(d) The boons.

14. What word would best describe how the students view the boons?
(a) With a hostile attitude.
(b) With a stereotypical view.
(c) As dirtballs.
(d) With a live and let live attitude.

15. Who does Torey meet on the way to the cafeteria?
(a) Julie McIntyre.
(b) Ali McDermott.
(c) Christine Greg.
(d) His principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes disparaging remarks about Ali?

2. Who sent an email to the principal?

3. Who does Chris Creed say he admires?

4. Of whom does Leo remind Torey?

5. What is obvious in Chapter 5 about the structure of the school's social groups?

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