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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mark feel when he sees the newspaper story and his photo in Chapter 14?
(a) Like the media has violated his privacy and made him look like a criminal.
(b) Cool -- the kids at school will like him now.
(c) Happy for the attention.
(d) He doesn't like the photo they chose to use.

2. What ultimate prank does Mark pull on a Memphis police officer while in jail?
(a) He writes the police officer's name, phone number, and home address on the cell wall.
(b) He orders 40 pizzas in the officer's name and sends them to the police station.
(c) He calls the officer at home and asks if his refrigerator is running.
(d) He tosses a water balloon from his cell window at the officer.

3. What does Mark ask the jail attendant to bring him in Chapter 26?
(a) Tacos.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A phone.
(d) Pizza.

4. Why is there so much media coverage of Romey's funeral?
(a) Because he was loved by many.
(b) Because he had a large family.
(c) Because of his death.
(d) Because Muldanno was there.

5. Who is not in the mood to kill anyone in Chapter 27?
(a) Nance.
(b) Gronke.
(c) Muldanno.
(d) Reggie.

6. Who is driving to Memphis in a van to avoid flying?
(a) Special Agent Roy Boxx.
(b) Wally Foltrigg.
(c) The Honorable Roy Foltrigg.
(d) The President.

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

8. Who is hired by the mob to follow Mark's every move?
(a) Sulari Muldanno.
(b) Barry Muldanno.
(c) Paul Gronke.
(d) Jack Nance.

9. How does Romey implicate Mark as having some connection with his suicide?
(a) By writing Mark's name in the dirt on the car window.
(b) By leaving the recording of him talking to Mark in the car.
(c) By writing Mark's name on the back of his suicide note.
(d) By writing "Mark did it" on his suicide note.

10. What confuses Mark about Judge Harry's courtroom?
(a) The judge alone is asking all the questions.
(b) He cannot understand Judge Harry.
(c) Why it is so cold in the courtroom.
(d) The floor tiles form an unusual pattern.

11. How do FBI agents know that Mark was in Romey's car on the day of his death?
(a) His fingerprints were on the car and on Romey's discarded wallet found in the woods.
(b) His fingerprints were on the car door and gun, and his name was written on the suicide note.
(c) His fingerprints were on the gun and he wrote a note on Romey's suicide note.
(d) His fingerprints were on the gun and the steering wheel.

12. Reggie gives Mark a break by taking him from the hospital to where?
(a) To a movie.
(b) To his grandma's house.
(c) Back to his house for the night.
(d) Her own home.

13. How does Mark reply when the judge asks if Romey told him anything about the Boyette case?
(a) He says he pleads the First Amendment.
(b) He says "no" and crosses his fingers.
(c) He says he pleads the Fifth Amendment.
(d) He tells the whole truth.

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

15. As Mark sits in jail, he thinks about his problems. What are his problems?
(a) His home has been burned, he has a depressed brother, a sick mother, and is targeted by both the mob and the FBI.
(b) His home has been burned, he has a sick brother, a depressed mother, and is guilty of shooting Romey.
(c) His home has been burned, he has a sick brother, a depressed mother, and he is targeted by both the mob and the FBI.
(d) Reggie's home has been burned, he has a sick brother, a depressed mother, and is targeted by both the mob and the FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the agents gets a phone call from a drunk Romey?

2. When Mark finally tells his mother and the doctor the truth about what he witnessed, of which part are they skeptical?

3. What is ironic about the Foltrigg's plan to question Mark in juvenile court?

4. What does Reggie negotiate on behalf of Mark's mother?

5. What does the newspaper article in Chapter 20 say about Mark?

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