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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) A dictionary.
(b) A history book.
(c) A time table.
(d) An encylopedia.

2. What does Max's father tell him that he cannot watch without crying?
(a) People holding hands.
(b) Children playing with their fathers.
(c) Someone playing the guitar.
(d) A sad movie.

3. What does Max notice about the toys laying around at the tenements?
(a) They are all new.
(b) They are all in front of one apartment.
(c) They are all broken.
(d) They are all in a pond.

4. What is the reason Kevin gives Max for his mother running away from him like she did?
(a) Because Max looks like his father.
(b) Because she is afraid of men; Max looked like a man.
(c) Because she doesn't like basements.
(d) Because Max is so big.

5. How does Gram describe her state when she gave birth to Max's mother?
(a) A lost girl.
(b) A fearful teenager.
(c) A child herself.
(d) On the brink of womanhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Kevin offer Iggy to allow Max and him to leave in Chapter 12?

2. What does Max like about carrying Kevin around on his shoulders?

3. When Max and Kevin approach the apartment in the tenements, what does a hand reach out and grab?

4. What is the first word that comes out of Loretta's mouth when she sees Max and Kevin?

5. What does Gram always say, which Max believes means something to her?

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