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

2. When does Kevin tell Max that he will be coming home from the ICU?

3. What does Kevin ask for during Christmas Eve dinner that makes Gram laugh so hard that she has a coughing fit?

4. What is sitting empty on top of the "old bat's" television- in the apartment that Max's father takes him to hide out?

5. Who does Max become when he finds out about Kevin's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Mr. Meehan explain Max's inability to do well in school?

4. How does Kevin define remembering?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is not until Max meets, and befriends, Kevin that he comes to excel in school. Why did it take his friendship with Kevin to pull Max out of his educational "box"? What does Kevin do that helps Max intellectually?

Essay Topic 2

What is your favorite quote from the book? Why is this your favorite quote? Who says it? How do you relate to the quote? Explain in detail.

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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