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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. Where does Max put the book Kevin gives to him in the hospital?

2. What tune does Kevin play on his tracheotomy?

3. What does Max do whenever Mrs. Donelli asks him a question in class?

4. What is the name of the electronic gear Kevin is hooked up to in the hospital?

5. What is on the pages of the book that Kevin gives to Max in the ICU?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kevin define remembering?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the book, Max comes to find out about hope. Because of the "little fib" Kevin was told, he was able to live a life that was not burdened by the thought of death. What did Max learn about hope by the end of the book?

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

Family comes to mean more to Max by the end of the book given all that he has been through. Discuss what Max comes to learn about the importance of family. In what ways does Max find out family is important? What did Max think about family before the book ended? What events changed Max's mind about the importance of family?

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