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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. Why are the students in Tick's art class feeling low?
(a) The school bond didn't pass
(b) John Voss is gone
(c) The football team lost the game
(d) Spring Break is cancelled

2. What has one of the teachers at the high school done?
(a) Severely beaten his wife
(b) Quit without notice
(c) Started a book group
(d) Got his Master's Degree

3. Which of the following did not happen on the same day as the others?
(a) The town held a Fourth of July celebration
(b) Tick became best friends with Candice
(c) Miles broke Walt's arm
(d) The Empire Grill closed

4. What is a rumor buzzing around Empire Falls lately?
(a) The Chief of Police is resigning
(b) Someone may be interested in buying the old shirt factory
(c) Mrs. Whiting is moving to Europe
(d) The Superintendent of Schools is having an affair

5. How does Principal Meyer know Zack has left the anonymous notes?
(a) Zack has always hated John
(b) Only someone with the proper key could have left them where he did
(c) Zack wants to get John in trouble
(d) Zack wants to create a diversion

Short Answer Questions

1. What were John Voss' parents?

2. What does the woman at the health club say her nephew will do with her when she dies?

3. Who is Irene Walsh?

4. What is the name of Zack's sick game?

5. Who does Janine go to see for some nurturing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John Voss' history as revealed to Principal Meyer in John's file.

2. How does Max turn the tables on Miles who asks about his mother's affair with C.B. Whiting?

3. Explain the foreshadowing of Zack Minty's comments about John Voss' grandmother.

4. What is Janine's state of mind based on new information she has about Walt?

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

6. What does Horace reveal that he had seen John Voss doing to some dogs?

7. What are the anonymous notes and why does Principal Meyer think it was Zack who sent them?

8. What further details does Max reveal to Miles about Grace's affair with C.B. Whiting that summer long ago?

9. What does Miles encounter when he arrives at the school?

10. Who is Bill Taylor?

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