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

2. What does Kevin ask for during Christmas Eve dinner that makes Gram laugh so hard that she has a coughing fit?
(a) Ham butt.
(b) Mushed taters.
(c) Green legs; green beans.
(d) Gruel.

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

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

5. What does Loretta call Max right before his father begins choking her?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Baby.
(d) Sweetie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Max finally falls asleep in the "old bat's" apartment, what does he dream of?

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

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?

5. According to Max, what food does Kevin love?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Grim say that his father gave him for Christmas?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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