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

2. What does Loretta use to cut the ropes Max is tied up with?
(a) A knife.
(b) A nail.
(c) An edge of the boiler.
(d) A broken bottle.

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

4. Where does Mrs. Donelli wait for Max to go before asking him questions that she would no longer ask him in class?
(a) The lunchroom.
(b) Study hall.
(c) On the steps leaving school.
(d) The hallways.

5. What does Max's father compare the old boarded up building to once he and Max get into it?
(a) Prison.
(b) His first apartment with Max's mother.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Max's father, what did he do to get to sleep every night in jail?

2. Once in the "old bat's" apartment, how does Max's father tell him to start acting?

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

4. What does Gram get from Max for Christmas?

5. According to Kevin, and his doctor, who does Kevin say is familiar with his case?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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