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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who joins Willie's family on the trip to the lake?
(a) Max Craig and Jenny Blackburn.
(b) Johnny Rivers and Jenny Blackburn.
(c) Petey Shropshire and Jenny Blackburn.
(d) Johnny Rivers and Petey Shropshire.
2. How does Lisa ensure that students who choose to run through the neighborhood actually complete the course?
(a) Students have to pick up items from different parts of the course and return with those items.
(b) She has another teacher run with them.
(c) She runs with them herself.
(d) She asks people in the nieghborhood to initial the kids' notecards to verify that they have been there.
3. Why does Big Will say that his guilt over Willie's accident is more difficult than Mrs. Weaver's guilt over Missy's death?
(a) Willie's accident happened when he was sixteen, but Missy was only six months old when she died.
(b) Big Will's mistake is a recent occurrence, but Mrs. Weaver has had years to get over her guilt.
(c) Big Will is directly responsible for Willie's accident, but Mrs. Weaver was not present when Missy stopped breathing.
(d) Big Will sees his mistake every time he looks at Willie, but Missy is buried.
4. How does Jenny make amends for upsetting her aunt?
(a) She peels fifty potatoes for the church picnic.
(b) She and her family go to church on a Thursday night in order to "get the devil out" of her.
(c) She scrubs the kitchen and bathroom floors.
(d) She pulls weeds in her aunt's garden.
5. What caused the death of Willie's sister?
(a) She was strangled by the cords on the blinds on her window.
(b) She fell down the stairs and broke her neck.
(c) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
(d) She died in a house fire.
Short Answer Questions
1. What observation does Jenny make about Willie's parents?
2. How does Willie retaliate after Sal Whitworth hits Johnny?
3. Why does Willie not question Lisa when she tells him to ask Lacey for a hundred and forty dollars?
4. Why does Willie continue to carry his cane with him?
5. What is Willie doing as he is rushed to the hospital?
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