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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 Max's father claim is "another crime against humanity"?
(a) Tearing up his letters.
(b) Lying to Max.
(c) Sending him to jail.
(d) Hating him.

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

3. What does Max's father claim is the reason he was not good enough for Max's mother?
(a) His bank account.
(b) His job.
(c) His looks.
(d) His record.

4. What does Max do whenever Mrs. Donelli asks him a question in class?
(a) Shrug.
(b) Wait.
(c) All of those listed.
(d) Smile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Loretta call Max right before his father begins choking her?

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

3. What tune does Kevin play on his tracheotomy?

4. What does Max say is fluttering around in his chest when he is talking to Mrs. Addison?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Kevin think that his tracheotomy is cool?

4. According to Max's father, what does Hell look like?

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

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

7. How does Max get his father to stop choking Loretta?

8. Describe the apartment that Max and his father hide out in.

9. Why does Loretta come to the abandoned basement to rescue Max?

10. Why does Max's father believe that Grim and Gram thought he was not good enough for their daughter?

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