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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) Hope.
(b) A crutch.
(c) A brain.
(d) A journal.

2. Where does Max put the book Kevin gives to him in the hospital?
(a) In the box Kevin gave him for Christmas.
(b) Next to the picture from the paper.
(c) Under his bed.
(d) On the fireplace mantle.

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

4. Why is Johnny Tremain mad and hateful, according to Max?
(a) Because his mother said they had to move.
(b) Because he stole something and got grounded.
(c) Because he failed math.
(d) Because he burned his hand.

5. What smell does Max first recognize when he enters "the other place" with his father?
(a) Rotten meat.
(b) Trash.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Wet dog.

6. Where does Max want to go when Kevin is at the doctor, after the kidnapping?
(a) Nowhere; he should be able to stay home.
(b) To the ice cream shop.
(c) To the doctor with Kevin.
(d) To school so he does not have to think about it.

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

8. What does Max compare a pencil in his hand to?
(a) A thread.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) A twig.
(d) A pin.

9. What does Grim say are told to "entertain"?
(a) Memories.
(b) Tales.
(c) Lies.
(d) Truths.

10. What is the name of the electronic gear Kevin is hooked up to in the hospital?
(a) Cardio-symetery.
(b) Meterological diagnostics.
(c) Starpen's recorder.
(d) Telemetry.

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

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

13. What does Kevin get Max for Christmas?
(a) A journal.
(b) A dictionary.
(c) A book on physics.
(d) A model bird.

14. What does Kevin ask for during Christmas Eve dinner that makes Gram laugh so hard that she has a coughing fit?
(a) Gruel.
(b) Mushed taters.
(c) Green legs; green beans.
(d) Ham butt.

15. What does Max's father compare the old boarded up building to once he and Max get into it?
(a) Prison.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) His first apartment with Max's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who always says "You can't always judge a book by the cover"?

2. What does Max's father claim Loretta is putting on Max when she is trying to help him escape?

3. When Max finally falls asleep in the "old bat's" apartment, what does he dream of?

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

5. Who does Max become when he finds out about Kevin's death?

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