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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 color shirt does Gwen wear to Christmas dinner at Max's house?

2. During his last conversation with Loretta, in Chapter 25, what does Loretta tell Max is a drag?

3. What does Max's father compare cops to in the beginning of Chapter 19?

4. How does "everybody" feel regarding the pictures in the paper detailing the kidnapping?

5. What does Loretta claim that Max's father is a "genius for"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to force Max to believe that "spooky stuff" happens on all Friday the Thirteenths?

3. What does Max's father say is the first thing that Max must do when talking to him in the old lady's apartment?

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

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

6. How is Kevin dressed for the Christmas Eve dinner at Max's house?

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

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

9. In what way is Kevin's thirteenth birthday two birthdays in one?

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

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

Even though Kevin was different from Max, he was enamored by Kevin from the first time that he saw him. Why was Max enamored by Kevin? What things did Max find fascinating about Kevin? Be specific and then explain your findings.

Essay Topic 3

Max is constantly speaking negatively about himself. In what ways are the things he says true? In what ways are the things that he says false? What does this say about Max's self-esteem?

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