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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what does Noah give Rado's dog Godzilla?

2. In Chapter 18, what color trucker's hat is Shelly wearing when Noah and Abbey go to tell her about the success of the dye?

3. What color speedboat does a woman throw a beer can at in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 8, what does Noah dream about?

5. In Chapter 17, how old does Noah say that he was when his parents lost all their family albums during a tropical storm that flooded their house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, where does Donna go grocery shopping and why?

2. How does Noah describe his dad's appearance on the television interviews?

3. What does Shelly say about the money that Dusty makes from the casino?

4. How did Paine escape from jail in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 11, when Donna tells Dusty they are looking for Abbey, what reason does Noah give for Abbey being out so late?

6. In Chapter 15, what are some superstitions that Noah mentions?

7. How does Noah describe Rado's dog in Chapter 15?

8. In Chapter 10, under what circumstances did the judge release Paine?

9. In Chapter 18, how did Shelly keep Billy Babcock from going into work?

10. In Chapter 10, what does Noah do when he is hurting from the injuries inflicted by Jasper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Paine struggles to control his anger. What does Paine learn about controlling anger and the value of channeling anger into positive actions?

Essay Topic 2

There are several father/son relationships in the novel. Describe the relationships between Noah and Paine, Paine and his father, and Jasper and his father and what each relationship reveals about father/son relationships.

Essay Topic 3

Noah’s father says “fighting is for people who can’t win with their brains” (38). What is meant by that phrase and what does that phrase reveal about Paine and Noah?

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