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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 nickname do the papers give Loretta after Killer Kane is caught?
(a) Ravishing Rescuer.
(b) Heroic Biker Babe.
(c) Antonio Avenger.
(d) Max's Angel.

2. What does Max claim is one of Gram's specialties; it just makes everything better?
(a) Homemade butter.
(b) Mint sauce.
(c) Cranberry relish.
(d) Raspberry jam.

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

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

5. What does Loretta claim that Max's father is a "genius for"?
(a) Hiding.
(b) Kidnapping.
(c) Knots.
(d) Planning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Grim, would his father write on a piece of paper and put into his stocking when he was a kid?

2. What is the name of Max's reading skills tutor?

3. How does "everybody" feel regarding the pictures in the paper detailing the kidnapping?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Kevin define remembering?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Max's father say is the first thing that Max must do when talking to him in the old lady's apartment?

9. How does Grim justify the telling of "tales"?

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

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