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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maren's mom explain Maren's malnourished appearance?
(a) Maren does not want to eat because Maren was upset about the missing boy from her summer camp.
(b) Maren does not like the food that her mom is trying to give her.
(c) Maren is protesting something that her mom is doing to her.
(d) Maren does not eat because she is sick.

2. In Chapter 2, What kind of stories does Maren collect in her journal?
(a) She collects stories about the ocean.
(b) She collects stories about ancient Egyptians.
(c) She collects stories about space.
(d) She collects monster stories.

3. What is Lee's nickname for his babysitter?
(a) Goya.
(b) Pinkerwitch.
(c) Beanhag
(d) Wilsonwitch

4. Who finds Maren and the boss' son while they are in the boss' son's room?
(a) Jamie's dad.
(b) Maren's dad
(c) Maren's mom.
(d) Jamie's mom.

5. What does Maren do in the kitchen the morning after her mom leaves?
(a) She writes a letter to her father.
(b) She writes a letter to her mom.
(c) She makes breakfast.
(d) She throws a plate on the floor.

6. What is the boy in the green jersey wearing when he is over by the T.V.s with Maren that Maren notices he was not wearing before?
(a) Motorcycle gloves.
(b) Cowboy boots.
(c) A stetson hat.
(d) A leather belt.

7. What does Maren do to her first babysitter?
(a) Maren drools on her.
(b) Maren runs away from her.
(c) Maren thros food at her.
(d) Maren eats her.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what does Maren's mom find in Maren's mouth?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The hammer of Penny's eardrum.
(c) Maren lost a tooth.
(d) Baby food stuck in her mouth.

9. Why does Barry's ex-girlfriend come knocking at the door?
(a) She is dropping off their daughter.
(b) She is looking for money from Barry.
(c) She brought Barry flowers.
(d) She wants to take him out to breakfast.

10. In Maren's dream, who does she know painted the words on the walls?
(a) Mrs. Harmon
(b) Her dad.
(c) Lee.
(d) Sully.

11. In Chapter 2, Who appears in Maren's dream when she falls asleep in the abandoned Cadillac?
(a) Maren mom.
(b) Maren's dad.
(c) Maren's maternal grandparents.
(d) Maren's babysitter.

12. What does Sully say about his eating people to reassure Maren?
(a) That he only eats people over fifty.
(b) That he only eats people who have pets
(c) That he never eats people while they are alive.
(d) That he only eats people who have been married.

13. Who finds Maren in her hiding spot at the Christmas party?
(a) Jamie's dad.
(b) Jamie Gash.
(c) Maren's mom.
(d) No one finds her.

14. Who is Andy?
(a) Sully's friend.
(b) A boy who works at Walmart.
(c) The boy in the green jersey.
(d) Maren's brother.

15. What does Lee say that Maren likes just as much as he does?
(a) Going to school.
(b) Reading.
(c) Eating people.
(d) Being on the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Maren think is in the suitcase that her mom never opens?

2. According to Maren's sixth grade classmate, Stuart, why are redback spiders called black widows?

3. How many girls has Maren eaten when she meets Lee?

4. Who waves at Maren when she is on the bus with Mrs. Harmon?

5. What does the boy in green jersey see Maren doing?

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