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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 school do Grandma and Paul send Claude to in "Bubbly and Nugget" after an altercation with the principal?
(a) Military.
(b) Charter school.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Lutheran.

2. What did Claude's father once want to get a doctorate in?
(a) High Renaissance art.
(b) Art history.
(c) Impressionism art.
(d) Surrealism art.

3. In Sixty-Third Street Beach, what stones were in Claude's mother's bracelets?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Sapphires.
(c) Rubies.
(d) Pearls.

4. At the end of "Euclid Avenue," what did Paul run outside holding?
(a) Fireplace poker.
(b) Taser.
(c) Baseball bat.
(d) Cane.

5. In "Janice and the Redbelters," what grade is Claude in?
(a) 9th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 10th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandma decide to fix to eat in "Riot"?

2. In "Riot," how many times was Jimmy shot?

3. What type of dog is one of Janice's dogs in "Janice and the Redbelters"?

4. How many people died in "Riot"?

5. How much younger is Teeth than Paul?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grandma get Claude to stop crying?

2. Why does Claude want to leave in "Vacuum," and what does Janice tell him?

3. How did Paul and Grandma meet?

4. What does Grandma tell Claude when he keeps running away in "Sixty-Seventh Street"?

5. What happened after the fight that Claude's parents had in "Sixty-Third Street Beach"?

6. Why does Claude say that Chill's Smokehouse was a front?

7. What does Claude remember from Euclid Avenue?

8. Where is Claude's mother from?

9. How does Claude remember his father from the last fight he had with Claude's mother?

10. Why and how does Annette leave Chicago?

(see the answer keys)

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