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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Hope.
(c) A brain.
(d) A crutch.

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

3. Who does Max run into on the front lawn of the hospital?
(a) Loretta.
(b) Grim.
(c) Tony D.
(d) Gwen.

4. On what day does Kevin go into the hospital after he has a seizure?
(a) Max's birthday.
(b) Max's mother's birthday.
(c) His birthday.
(d) Gwen's birthday.

5. When Max finally falls asleep in the "old bat's" apartment, what does he dream of?
(a) Cats.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Horses.
(d) Dogs.

6. Once in the "old bat's" apartment, how does Max's father tell him to start acting?
(a) Dumb.
(b) Smart.
(c) Regular.
(d) Important.

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

8. What is sitting empty on top of the "old bat's" television- in the apartment that Max's father takes him to hide out?
(a) A fruit bowl.
(b) A candy bowl.
(c) A cereal box.
(d) A fish bowl.

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

10. What is Max's father waiting on from Iggy to make his and Max's getaway?
(a) Passports.
(b) Money.
(c) ID cards.
(d) A car.

11. What does Loretta call Max right before his father begins choking her?
(a) Sweetie.
(b) Baby.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Sugar.

12. What does Max's father use to tie over his mouth so that he cannot yell for help?
(a) Part of his own shirt.
(b) Part of a burned blanket.
(c) Part of Max's shirt.
(d) A bandanna.

13. How does "everybody" feel regarding the pictures in the paper detailing the kidnapping?
(a) Worried.
(b) Safe.
(c) Honored.
(d) Jealous.

14. What does Loretta use to cut the ropes Max is tied up with?
(a) A knife.
(b) A nail.
(c) An edge of the boiler.
(d) A broken bottle.

15. What does Max's father claim "those people did" to him, when he was telling Max about all the injustice he has faced?
(a) Stole his dreams.
(b) Stole his life.
(c) Stole his son.
(d) Stole his heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Max assume has happened, given that the nurse is crying after he goes "nuts"?

2. When does Kevin tell Max that he will be coming home from the ICU?

3. What does Kevin declare "is a toxic waste of time"?

4. What does Max's father tell him that he cannot watch without crying?

5. What is the first thing Loretta does when she gets to Max in the burned out basement?

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