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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After witnessing Romey's death, what happens when the two boys get home?
(a) Ricky collapses in a state of shock.
(b) Mark wets his pants.
(c) Ricky calls his mother.
(d) Ricky calls the police.

2. What slip of the tongue almost gives away Mark's lies to the investigating officer?
(a) Mark calls the dead man by his name.
(b) Mark talks about the dead man's secret.
(c) Mark says the dead man talked to him.
(d) Mark brags about stealing the dead man's wallet.

3. Who is the man who strikes up a conversation with Mark in the hospital waiting room?
(a) The Blade.
(b) A stranger whose son was in ICU.
(c) Jack Nance.
(d) A stranger whose son was in the ER.

4. What two difficult tasks are the FBI and the district attorney's office faced with in Chapter 13?
(a) Getting Mark to talk and keeping his mother quiet.
(b) Getting the doctor to talk and getting Mark to confess.
(c) Getting Mark to talk or getting Reggie to betray her attorney/client privilege.
(d) Getting Mark to confess to the shooting and getting Ricky's testimony.

5. How does Mark understand what Reggie takes every month?
(a) He took a weekend vacation once with his father.
(b) He has heard the term on TV.
(c) His own mother regularly takes sleeping pills.
(d) The doctor has been talking about anti-depressants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reggie gives Mark a break by taking him from the hospital to where?

2. What does Mark initially tell the cops about Romey's death?

3. How does Mark temporarily get away from his interview with the FBI?

4. How does Mark feel when he sees the newspaper story and his photo in Chapter 14?

5. Who is the Memphis police reporter?

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