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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris overhear Bart telling his mother happened one night as if it was a dream?
(a) Someone attacked him.
(b) An angel kissed him.
(c) He heard kids.
(d) He dreamed he had children.

2. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) "Minutes Like Hours".
(b) "Our Mother's Surprise".
(c) "To Find a Friend".
(d) "My Stepfather".

3. Where does the Mother tell her children she was for so long in Chapter 18?
(a) In rehab.
(b) In jail.
(c) In her new house.
(d) On her honeymoon.

4. What does Chris use to make an impression of his mother's key of the bedroom door?
(a) Styrofoam.
(b) Playdough.
(c) Gum.
(d) A bar of soap.

5. What is the title of Chapter 16 of the book?
(a) "My Stepfather".
(b) "Escape".
(c) "Color All Days Blue, but Save one for Black".
(d) "To Find a Friend".

6. Who stands near a window and is reprimanded by the grandmother in Chapter 15?
(a) Cory.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Chris.
(d) Carrie.

7. What is the title of Chapter 15?
(a) "Our Mother's Surprise".
(b) "At Last, Momma".
(c) "One Rainy Afternoon".
(d) "To Find a Friend".

8. What does Chris do when he begins sneaking out of the bedroom in Chapter 18?
(a) Stealing food.
(b) Stealing money.
(c) Torturing the grandfather.
(d) Stealing clothes.

9. How does Cathy feel about the subject the Mother comes to talk to her about in Chapter 12?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Mortified.

10. What does Chris resort to feeding the twins when the grandmother refuses to feed them?
(a) Crackers.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Mice.
(d) His blood.

11. What do Chris and Cathy overhear someone saying the Mother's relationship with her date is, during the Christmas party?
(a) Temporary.
(b) Not serious.
(c) A happy one.
(d) More serious than it looks.

12. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) "The Christmas Party".
(b) "A Taste of Heaven".
(c) "Christopher's Exploration and Its Repercussions".
(d) "One Rainy Afternoon".

13. What does Chris find his grandmother doing when he looks for valuables before escaping?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Reading the Bible.
(c) Crying.
(d) Eating.

14. What do the children find to put the pet mouse in?
(a) A lunch box.
(b) A cardboard box.
(c) A birdcage.
(d) A fish tank.

15. What reason do Chris and Cathy initially give for making the rope they use to escape the room?
(a) In case of fire or to escape.
(b) As a way to pass time.
(c) For fun.
(d) To escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris overhear his grandmother saying about punishing the children while praying?

2. What do Chris and Cathy do at the end of Chapter 19?

3. How long does the grandmother make the children go without food because Cathy won't cut her hair?

4. What is Cathy worried will happen after looking at a book in her mother's room?

5. Who hesitates to do anything when Cory becomes very ill in Chapter 20?

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