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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 does Darlene throw at Jed when he comes into the room in Chapter 26: "Chronicle"?
(a) A porcelain vase.
(b) A soup can.
(c) A plastic bottle.
(d) A newspaper.

2. For what fanzine does Javis work when he begins interviewing Sirius?
(a) Charts.
(b) Fresh.
(c) Hot.
(d) New Wave.

3. Who ends up shooting Sextus in the lungs in Chapter 24: “Scotty is Surprised”?
(a) TT.
(b) Jarvis.
(c) Hammer.
(d) How.

4. How does Darlene obtain Bethella's phone number?
(a) From Bethella's old pastor.
(b) From Mrs. Henderson.
(c) From Bethella's ex-husband.
(d) From Bethella's old postman.

5. Who fires the first warning shot into the air in Chapter 23: “Gators”?
(a) Michelle.
(b) How.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Sextus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Darlene get a waitressing job after she moves in Chapter 28: "Almost Home"?

2. Who is Eddie's wife that met Darlene in Chapter 27: "Trials"?

3. Who leaps at Sextus and grabs his shotgun in Chapter 23: “Gators”?

4. What is TT's full name?

5. Who does Jarvis encounter and distract at the depot in Chapter 21: “The Plan”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Darlene react when she sees the news story in Chapter 26: “Chronicle”?

2. What information does Michelle ask Eddie to obtain in Chapter 18: “How”?

3. Why is Eddie asked to come to the estate in Chapter 16: “Summerton”?

4. What is revealed of How's past in Chapter 18: “How”?

5. How does Darlene prepare for her first visit to the estate in Chapter 16: “Summerton”?

6. What leads to the conflict with Sextus and How in the end of Chapter 23: “Gators”?

7. How does Sextus become injured in Chapter 24: “Scotty is Surprised”?

8. Who is Jarvis and what is his relationship to Sirius in the novel?

9. How and why does the plan for escape fail in Chapter 15: “Inertia”?

10. How is Darlene's encounter with the reporters described in Chapter 19: “The Wrong Limes”?

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