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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 is Miles' mother's job?
(a) A nurse at the hospital
(b) A secretary at the factory
(c) A waitress at a tavern
(d) Personal assistant to Mrs. Whiting

2. What does Tick do when Candace cuts herself with an Exacto knife?
(a) Screams
(b) Faints
(c) Calls 911
(d) Puts pressure on the wound

3. With whom does John Voss say he lives?
(a) His stepfather
(b) His grandmother
(c) His grandparents
(d) His mother

4. What does Miles think David grows at his house?
(a) Tomatoes
(b) Watermelons
(c) Marijuana
(d) Green beans

5. Who does Miles hire to bus tables?
(a) Candace
(b) Zack Minty
(c) Tick
(d) John Voss

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cindy once do because of her love for Miles?

2. Who is the unpopular kid that the school principal pushes off on Tick?

3. Why is Max not allowed in the rectory?

4. Where do people gather to gossip in town?

5. Where does Max want to move?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miles try to help John Voss.

2. What is the role of Timmy, the cat, in the story?

3. How is Miles' good heart exhibited in the scene with a hungover Buster?

4. Explain how Miles is too good for his own good.

5. Describe Max and what he represents in the town of Empire Falls.

6. What is the setting for the story?

7. Cite three examples of foreshadowing in Part 2, Chapter 12.

8. How do you know that Janine is having second thoughts about marrying Walt?

9. Describe how Zack Minty exhibits unsportsmanlike behavior and then manipulates the crowd at the football game.

10. Why does David keep pressuring Miles about a liquor license?

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