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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the motorcycle gang that Iggy is the boss of?

2. What word does Gwen use to describe how she feels about Max and Kevin being friends, according to the relayed message for Max?

3. What does Max admit that he is confused about when trying to lose Tony D and his crew?

4. How does Gram describe her state when she gave birth to Max's mother?

5. What does Grim give to Max that surprises him, given it is something that he is not allowed to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Max like to "go into his head" and become a cloud?

2. Describe the Tenements.

3. According to Max, who lives in the Tenements?

4. How do both Loretta and Iggy describe Kevin and Max when they first see them?

5. How does Max describe the cloud he sees in his head?

6. What is going to be Max's reward for being Kevin's "faithful steed" on their journey to the medical research building?

7. What does Kevin do to save him and Max from Tony D. on the Fourth of July?

8. How does Kevin maneuver Max through the Fourth of July celebration crowd in order to get away from Tony D.?

9. How does Max describe Kevin's breathing when he climbs down the steps into Max's room?

10. Why is Max confused by Kevin calling him "earthling"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Max learns from those around him continuously throughout the book. Choose three of the subordinate characters and discuss what you believe Max learned from them. Why was this lesson important?

Essay Topic 2

Max seems to be a very good judge of character. Choose one of the subordinate characters (Loretta, Iggy, Ken Kane) and describe how Max's initial feelings about the character came to be true. Alternatively, Max ended up being wrong about two of the characters, why were his initial feelings about the character false?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Max and Kevin. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different? In what ways do their differences complement each other?

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