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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grim say Max inherited from his father?
(a) His brain.
(b) His fears.
(c) His size.
(d) His heart.

2. What does Max's father claim Loretta is putting on Max when she is trying to help him escape?
(a) Her germs.
(b) Her filth.
(c) Her sickness.
(d) Her dirty hands.

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

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

5. What tune does Kevin play on his tracheotomy?
(a) Star Trek.
(b) Star Wars.
(c) Arthur's Last Stand.
(d) Barney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes Max up on Christmas Eve?

2. How many presents does Gram allow everyone to open on Christmas Eve?

3. What does Max take with him to the hospital to visit Kevin?

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

5. What does Grim tell Max led him to realize that Max's father had him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Max do when Mrs.Donalli asks him a question in class?

2. How does Mr. Meehan explain Max's inability to do well in school?

3. How does Kevin explain the act of remembering?

4. What do both Kevin and Max get each other for Christmas?

5. What happens that makes Max go crazy at the hospital?

6. Why does Max believe that Mrs. Donalli is finally getting used to him and Kevin?

7. How does Kevin define remembering?

8. What does Max do, on the hospital lawn, given that he is not able to go in and visit Kevin?

9. What causes Max to pull out the empty book one year after Kevin's death?

10. In what way is Kevin's thirteenth birthday two birthdays in one?

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