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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 were John Voss' parents?
(a) Lawyers
(b) Politicians
(c) Petty drug dealers
(d) Professors

2. Who is the boy with whom Tick is having a cyber romance?
(a) David
(b) Darren
(c) Darryl
(d) Donnie

3. What does Janine call to tell Miles?
(a) She has cancer
(b) The Empire Grill burned down
(c) Walt is dead
(d) She has split up with Walt

4. Principal Meyer thinks that Zack is ___________________________.
(a) just like his father
(b) a model student
(c) untapped talent
(d) a genius

5. Where have Miles and Tick spent the winter recuperating?
(a) Nantucket
(b) Bangor
(c) Martha's Vineyard
(d) Kennebunkport

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a rumor buzzing around Empire Falls lately?

2. For whom does Miles' mother work after she loses her job?

3. Where are Zack and Justin parked?

4. What has one of the teachers at the high school done?

5. What does Miles plan to do when Mrs. Whiting leaves for vacation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of all the speculation about John Voss' grandmother?

2. What are the events of Grace's penance for her affair with C.B. Whiting?

3. What is the situation for Miles and Tick following the shooting?

4. Explain why Principal Meyer feels that Zack Minty is following in the Minty family footsteps of brutal behavior.

5. What are the events that occur when Principal Meyer visits John Voss' house?

6. Describe Sunday afternoons in Bea's bar.

7. How is Mrs. Whiting's character further revealed in Part 3, Chapter 22?

8. Who is Bill Taylor?

9. What is the scenario of Miles in the hospital at the beginning of Part 4, Chapter 31?

10. Who is Irene Walsh?

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