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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. Why is Max able to visit Kevin in the ICU?
(a) What Kevin wants, he gets.
(b) He began to "crash" when Max was refused entry.
(c) Gwen begged for him to be let in.
(d) A nurse snuck Max in.

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

3. What color shirt does Gwen wear to Christmas dinner at Max's house?
(a) Cream.
(b) Navy.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

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

5. What did students from Max and Kevin's school draw on the pictures from the paper?
(a) Horns.
(b) Mustaches.
(c) Buck teeth.
(d) Beards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once in the burned out basement, what does Max's father tie him to?

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

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

4. What does Max's father claim is the reason he was not good enough for Max's mother?

5. What does Max claim is one of Gram's specialties; it just makes everything better?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Kevin dressed for the Christmas Eve dinner at Max's house?

2. What does Max's father do to ensure that Max does not escape from the abandoned basement?

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

4. How does Kevin explain the act of remembering?

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

6. What does Max's father claim is a "crime against humanity"?

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

8. What happens to Kevin, at the end of Chapter 22, to send him to the hospital?

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

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

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