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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Max's father accuse Grim and Gram of?
(a) Faking Max's mother's death.
(b) Not giving him the presents he sent.
(c) Setting him up.
(d) Keeping him in jail.

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

3. 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 cereal box.
(b) A fruit bowl.
(c) A fish bowl.
(d) A candy bowl.

4. According to Max, what food does Kevin love?
(a) Burgers.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Chop suey.
(d) Pizza.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Kevin declare "is a toxic waste of time"?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Singing carols.
(c) Nicotine.
(d) Praying.

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

12. What is the first thing Loretta does when she gets to Max in the burned out basement?
(a) Removes his gag.
(b) Hugs him.
(c) Unties him.
(d) Sings to him.

13. 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 Max's shirt.
(c) A bandanna.
(d) Part of a burned blanket.

14. Why does Max's reading skills tutor think Max has never done well in school?
(a) He is lazy.
(b) He doesn't want to learn.
(c) All of those listed.
(d) He is stubborn.

15. What does Max take with him to the hospital to visit Kevin?
(a) A burger for Kevin.
(b) The ornithopter bird.
(c) His dictionary.
(d) A new book for Kevin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Max have to testify in court against his father?

2. What shape of box is Max's present from Kevin wrapped in?

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

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

5. Why is Johnny Tremain mad and hateful, according to Max?

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