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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 does Max's father claim Loretta is putting on Max when she is trying to help him escape?
2. What does Kevin get Max for Christmas?
3. How does "everybody" feel regarding the pictures in the paper detailing the kidnapping?
4. Where does Mrs. Donelli wait for Max to go before asking him questions that she would no longer ask him in class?
5. What did students from Max and Kevin's school draw on the pictures from the paper?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Max believe that Mrs. Donalli is finally getting used to him and Kevin?
2. Why does Loretta come to the abandoned basement to rescue Max?
3. According to Max's father, what does Hell look like?
4. How does Kevin explain the act of remembering?
5. What happens that makes Max go crazy at the hospital?
6. Describe the apartment that Max and his father hide out in.
7. Why does Kevin think that his tracheotomy is cool?
8. How does Mr. Meehan explain Max's inability to do well in school?
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. In what way is Kevin's thirteenth birthday two birthdays in one?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Max feared his father so much? Name, and discuss, two reasons why Max was afraid of his father. What is the fear? What is the fear based upon? Was the fear realistic? Why? Why not?
Essay Topic 2
Max and Kevin are both bullied throughout the novel. They are both bullied by Tony D, Loretta and Iggy, and Ken Kane. Describe the ways in which both are bullied and how they deal with the bullying.
Essay Topic 3
Kevin gave Max an empty book right before he passed away. What was Kevin's plan for Max and the book? Why do you think Kevin gave the book to Max? How important do you think the book will be to Max in the future?
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