View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Max say that Kevin will pull out if he asks Kevin questions?
(a) An encylopedia.
(b) A history book.
(c) A time table.
(d) A dictionary.

2. What is Loretta wearing when she opens the door and finds Max and Kevin standing there?
(a) A shower curtain.
(b) A workout outfit.
(c) A robe.
(d) A towel.

3. What do many people call the New Tenements?
(a) New Testaments.
(b) The New Hopelessness.
(c) The Holes.
(d) The Crypts.

4. What does Max's father do to ensure that Max does not run away from the "old bat's" apartment?
(a) Handcuffs him.
(b) Handcuffs him to himself.
(c) Ties him up.
(d) Locks him in the windowless bathroom.

5. Why does Gwen tell Max that she and his parents were all living in the tenements when he and Kevin were born?
(a) It was cheap.
(b) It was close to work for Gwen and his mother.
(c) It was close to daycare.
(d) It was close to the bus station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the 17-year-old boy who threatens Max and Kevin on the Fourth of July?

2. What word does Gwen use to describe how she feels about Max and Kevin being friends, according to the relayed message for Max?

3. What does Max say Iggy's beard looks like it is made out of?

4. Once in the "old bat's" apartment, how does Max's father tell him to start acting?

5. What is sitting empty on top of the "old bat's" television- in the apartment that Max's father takes him to hide out?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 274 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample