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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What word(s) does Jess say to himself before he begins running in Chapter 1?
(a) Go.
(b) Bang.
(c) Bam.
(d) On your mark.
2. What does Mrs. Myers ask Jess to do in Chapter 3?
(a) Pick up quizzes.
(b) Give a report.
(c) Hand out math books.
(d) Read aloud to the class.
3. What is Jess’s consequence for being accused of tripping someone on the bus?
(a) Detention.
(b) He gets kicked off of the bus and has to walk three miles home.
(c) Suspension for two days.
(d) He has to help Janice up and sit next to her.
4. What does Miss Edmunds ask Jess to see in Chapter 4?
(a) His hobby report.
(b) A song he wrote.
(c) His drawings.
(d) Poems that he worked on over the summer.
5. What does Leslie give Jess for Christmas?
(a) New running shoes.
(b) A kitten.
(c) Watercolors, tubes of paint and an art pad.
(d) Moby Dick.
6. What does Jess hope he is in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) “An orphan.”
(b) “Switched at birth.”
(c) “Adopted.”
(d) “A foundling.”
7. What does Jess like to do early in the morning?
(a) Bike.
(b) Swim.
(c) Read.
(d) Run.
8. What time were Jess’s sisters supposed to be home by in Chapter 2?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.
9. What grade is Jess going in?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Third.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Fourth.
10. Where does Jess tell May Belle he is going?
(a) “Out for chores.”
(b) “To the creek.”
(c) “To the park.”
(d) “Just over the cow field.”
11. What do Leslie’s parents do for a living?
(a) They are writers.
(b) They are actors.
(c) They are teachers.
(d) They are painters.
12. Who is supposed to meet Janice Avery in Chapter 5?
(a) Bobby Joe Benson.
(b) Ricky Alonzo.
(c) Gary Fulcher.
(d) Willard Hughes.
13. What is taken from May Belle in Chapter 5?
(a) Her homework.
(b) Her Twinkies.
(c) Her paper dolls.
(d) Her winrter hat.
14. What does Jess wait to hear before getting out of bed in the morning?
(a) His little sister getting out of the bath.
(b) The sound of his father’s pickup truck.
(c) His mother’s voice announcing breakfast.
(d) The bleating of the sheep in the pasture.
15. What did Jess win one time the previous school year?
(a) A race.
(b) A basketball game.
(c) The spelling bee.
(d) The cakewalk.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do the students at Lark Creek eat their lunch?
2. May Belle tells Jess he’s “yeller”. What does this mean?
3. In Chapter 3, who does Jess want to beat that day at the race?
4. When does Jess see Leslie again after their initial meeting in the cow pasture?
5. Who finds and follows Jess at recess in Chapter 3?
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