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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Torey see when he is lying there with his leg broken?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Ali and his mother.
(c) The Indian standing by Jesus.
(d) A cave with three bodies.

2. What was the fire that Torey saw in the cave?
(a) There was no real fire.
(b) A phenomenon called immaculate decomposition.
(c) A torch that the Indian lay on the ground.
(d) Two hobos having a campfire.

3. Who accosts Torey on the bus with questions?
(a) No one; they can see he does not want to talk.
(b) Ali and Bo.
(c) The bus driver.
(d) Alex, Ryan and Renee.

4. What does Torey do when he cannot sleep?
(a) Climbs out the window to go call Mrs. Creed and apologize.
(b) Gets up and makes himself and Ali some hot chocolate.
(c) Goes into the guest room to read Chris's diary with Ali.
(d) Wakes his mother and tells her about the phone call he made earlier to Mrs. Creed.

5. Why does Torey scream?
(a) He sees the body that he thinks is Chris Creed burning.
(b) Ali and Bo find him and start beating him.
(c) A snake crawls onto his chest.
(d) His mother comes running up to him, but she is transparent.

6. Who calls Torey while he is in the basement?
(a) Leandra.
(b) Ali.
(c) Chris Creed.
(d) Bo.

7. Of what fact does Renee remind everyone who is fighting?
(a) That she is not going to be pushed around by everyone.
(b) That her father is chief of police.
(c) That they will all be expelled from school if they don't stop.
(d) That Leandra's dad is a senator.

8. What is Torey refusing to do in the hospital?
(a) His homework.
(b) Let Ali come see him.
(c) Talk to his mother.
(d) Eat.

9. What does Bo say to Renee to hurt her?
(a) That Renee's father slept with Ali's mother.
(b) That Renee is fat.
(c) That Ali is the reason everyone passed the algebra test.
(d) That Leandra told Bo that Renee was stupid.

10. What does Torey feel when he is standing on the rock in the burial ground?
(a) Torey feels suicidal himself.
(b) Torey feels regret for not seeing the pain Chris felt, but he knows that Chris is a survivor.
(c) Torey is certain Chris is dead.
(d) Torey feels as though he is being tricked.

11. What fact does Mrs. Creed reveal about herself?
(a) That she is about to divorce her husband.
(b) That she was raised as a "boon."
(c) That Chris was not her son.
(d) That she is an abused wife.

12. Why is Torey regretting his behavior from a year earlier?
(a) He was dismissive to Bo when Bo asks him a question.
(b) He told Chris he should off himself.
(c) He told his mother he wished she was not a lawyer.
(d) He told Ali he didn't have time for her.

13. What does Torey begin to think about his friends?
(a) That they are shallow compared to Ali and Bo.
(b) That they are trying to get him into trouble.
(c) That they have his best interests at heart.
(d) That they are gossipers.

14. Why does the principal ask Mrs. Creed to come to his office along with Torey and Ali?
(a) To let Mrs. Creed meet a couple of Chris's friends.
(b) To tell her a few things about Christopher.
(c) To see if Mrs. Creed recognizes Torey's voice.
(d) So Mrs. Creed does not harm Bo.

15. Why are Ali and her brother going to stay at Torey's house for a while?
(a) They ran away from home.
(b) They have been removed from the home by social services.
(c) Their home burned down.
(d) Their mother is going to a drug rehab facility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Creed believe Chris could not have written a suicide note?

2. Why does Ali sleep with guys and what's ironic about it?

3. What is different about Isabella from what Chris writes in his diary?

4. Who is shy and beautiful?

5. What does Ali ask Torey about herself?

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