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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Florida done some years earlier with her husband, Bobby, in New York City?
(a) Worked at homeless shelters.
(b) Volunteered to organize the climate march.
(c) Participated in the Occupy Wall Street protests.
(d) Gotten hooked on drugs.

2. What is Jordan's favorite candy?
(a) Twix.
(b) Snickers.
(c) Cow tails.
(d) Sour Patch Kids.

3. How old is Jordan Adler in Part I?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

4. What reason does Shay tell Edward her mother gave her for why her father married her mother?
(a) He had to marry her because she was pregnant.
(b) He did not want to say no when she asked him to marry her.
(c) He loved her.
(d) He only married her to make his family angry, because they did not want him to marry a Mexican.

5. Who is Edward's aunt that he goes to live with after the crash?
(a) Lacey.
(b) Mary.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Jan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Linda tell Florida because she does not have anyone else to tell?

2. Which airport do the Adlers take their flight from in Part I?

3. What does Florida believe about herself that makes Linda think Florida might be slightly unbalanced?

4. What does the doctor Edward sees in Part I refer to the plane crash as?

5. Who is the next-door neighbor the same age as Edward when he moves in with his aunt and uncle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the reasons Bruce Adler decided to homeschool his children?

2. In Part I, how does Edward feel about going to live with Lacey and John?

3. What is Crispin Cox thinking about right after he boards the plane in Part I?

4. In Part II, what is one thing Edward loved to do before the crash that he cannot bear the thought of afterwards?

5. In Part I, how does Edward feel about the President's phone call to him in the hospital?

6. What does Edward do when he looks at John's tablet and realizes that John has been doing Internet searches for everything related to Edward and the crash?

7. In Part I, what is immediately the most unusual and extraordinary circumstance about the plane crash?

8. Why are the Adlers moving from New York to Los Angeles?

9. What does Principal Arundhi propose to Edward when he first meets him to try to forge a connection with Edward?

10. What does Benjamin Stillman think when he sees how the Adler family interacts with each other?

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