This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-38: Elephants; What Patty Said When Debbie Showed Her the Photo; California of the Mind; Dan Persik's Progress; A Pig Roast; Sarong; Flip-Flop,Necklace; On the Roof; Lightning Bugs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does it appear Dan is developing some empathy?
(a) He talks to a disabled vet.
(b) He helps an old lady with her car.
(c) He is nice to Hector.
(d) He finds a lost dog a home.

2. What does Hector think when he sees the smashed worms?
(a) That he could still use them for fishing.
(b) That he is glad he does not live on the sidewalk.
(c) That the worms have short, difficult lives.
(d) That he is a crushed worm himself.

3. What did Peter see that he thought was strange outside his bedroom window upon waking at his grandmother's house?
(a) A seagull.
(b) A tree branch he didn't recognize.
(c) A rope hanging from a tree branch.
(d) A ladder leaning against the wall.

4. What did Peter hear when he woke Saturday morning at his grandmother's?
(a) A vacumn cleaner.
(b) A loud motorcycle going down the street.
(c) His father singing.
(d) The radio.

5. What influence on one's life does Debbie discuss?
(a) The environment in which one grows up.
(b) Religion.
(c) Luck.
(d) Personal choices.