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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Max assume has happened, given that the nurse is crying after he goes "nuts"?
(a) That something happened to Kevin.
(b) That he hit her.
(c) That she is worried about him.
(d) That she is about to lose her job.

2. What is the name of Max's reading skills tutor?
(a) Hampton.
(b) Meehan.
(c) Preston.
(d) Skinner.

3. What, according to Grim, would his father write on a piece of paper and put into his stocking when he was a kid?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Coal.
(d) Surprise.

4. Why doesn't Max have to testify in court against his father?
(a) He plead guilty.
(b) Max's testimony will be taped and then played in court.
(c) He escaped again and court is postponed.
(d) He was killed in jail.

5. What does Gram ask Max if he has when they are talking about Kevin's trips to the doctor, after Max tells her that they are a team?
(a) A journal.
(b) A crutch.
(c) A brain.
(d) Hope.

6. When does Kevin tell Max that he will be coming home from the ICU?
(a) In one month.
(b) In two weeks.
(c) In one week.
(d) Never; not in his present state.

7. What color shirt does Gwen wear to Christmas dinner at Max's house?
(a) Cream.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Navy.

8. What is on the pages of the book that Kevin gives to Max in the ICU?
(a) Treasure maps.
(b) More definitions.
(c) Pictures of knights.
(d) Nothing; it is blank.

9. What does Loretta claim that Max's father is a "genius for"?
(a) Planning.
(b) Hiding.
(c) Knots.
(d) Kidnapping.

10. What adjective does Max use to describe Kevin's voice when he is in the ICU?
(a) Whistley.
(b) Weak.
(c) Faint.
(d) Croaky.

11. On Friday the Thirteenth, where does Max have to go from homeroom?
(a) The psychiatrist's office.
(b) The principal's office.
(c) The nurse's office.
(d) The counselor's office.

12. Why is Max able to visit Kevin in the ICU?
(a) Gwen begged for him to be let in.
(b) What Kevin wants, he gets.
(c) He began to "crash" when Max was refused entry.
(d) A nurse snuck Max in.

13. What does Max's father compare cops to in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Dogs.

14. What does Max admit to his father that makes him let go of Loretta?
(a) That he never should have gone to jail.
(b) That he hates him.
(c) That he saw him kill his mother.
(d) That he loves him.

15. During his last conversation with Loretta, in Chapter 25, what does Loretta tell Max is a drag?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Life.
(c) Everything.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smell does Max first recognize when he enters "the other place" with his father?

2. According to Max, what food does Kevin love?

3. Who does Max run into on the front lawn of the hospital?

4. What does Max's father compare the old boarded up building to once he and Max get into it?

5. What is Max's father waiting on from Iggy to make his and Max's getaway?

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