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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feature does Fitzman say he is working on for the future?
(a) A way to make sure that fuel tanks stay warm at all times.
(b) A way to let car owners breed their own ergonyms.
(c) An engine cleaning system using Biolene.
(d) A new fuel made from household waste.

2. What is being foreshadowed when Tamaya hears Chad groan and thinks that she hopes he will be able to keep walking, because it is already getting dark?
(a) The kids getting lost again.
(b) Chad needing to be carried.
(c) Tamaya losing her vision.
(d) The kids' rescue by the search party.

3. When Mrs. Thaxton asks Marshall if he knows where Tamaya is, what is his first thought?
(a) Tamaya has gone into the woods.
(b) He is having a bad dream.
(c) Mrs. Thaxton is trying to trick him.
(d) Someone has kidnapped Tamaya.

4. What happens to the leaf that Tamaya dips into the fuzzy mud?
(a) It begins to glow.
(b) It turns blue.
(c) It catches fire.
(d) It dissolves.

5. What point does Marshall make about Tamaya when he is talking with Mrs. Thaxton about her disappearance?
(a) She is brave.
(b) She is afraid of the woods.
(c) She follows the rules.
(d) She is worried about Chad.

6. Why does Chad ask questions about Tamaya's relationship with her mother?
(a) He has a crush on Tamaya and wants to get to know her better.
(b) He is jealous of the attention and care that Tamaya gets from her mother.
(c) He is just talking to pass the time while they walk.
(d) He is trying to get Tamaya to trust him, so he is pretending to care about her life.

7. On page 122, what question does Tamaya ask Chad after he grabs her wrist and twists it?
(a) "What's wrong with you?"
(b) "Don't you believe I want to help you?"
(c) "Do you think before you do things?"
(d) "Why are you so mean?"

8. When the school nurse is taking care of her hand, why does Tamaya keep hoping the nurse will hurry up?
(a) Tamaya is embarrassed to be in the nurse's office and does not want anyone to see her there.
(b) Tamaya wants to get back to class to work on her journal entry.
(c) Tamaya does not think that the school nurse knows how to treat her rash.
(d) Tamaya has a feelings that she needs to find Marshall and talk to him.

9. Who is Cooper?
(a) A singer Tamaya has a crush on.
(b) The school nurse's son.
(c) The assistant headmaster.
(d) Tamaya's dog.

10. What mistake does Marshall make when he spots Chad and Tamaya in the woods?
(a) He thinks Chad is trying to hurt Tamaya.
(b) He thinks that Tamaya has known where Chad is all along.
(c) He does not pay attention to the fuzzy mud.
(d) He hurries ahead without thinking about how to get back.

11. What does Chad tell Tamaya he has been thinking about while he has been lost in the woods?
(a) What he can do to get his parents on his side.
(b) How great it would be to go to public school.
(c) Whether there is a way for him to just live in the woods.
(d) Getting revenge on her for blinding him.

12. What is one of the main points that the senators want Fitzman to clarify?
(a) Whether any Biolene is missing from the laboratory.
(b) Whether SunRay Farms has tested Biolene for human safety and environmental impact.
(c) Whether the ergonyms are still alive and reproducing once they are in the Biolene solution.
(d) Whether anyone at SunRay Farms has also shown signs of a rash.

13. How does Chad show courage when Marshall is trying to get Tamaya out of the gully?
(a) He gives up the stick so that Marshall can use it as a lever.
(b) He goes down into the mud to get Tamaya out.
(c) He trusts Marshall to guide his blind jump over the gully.
(d) He waits alone while Marshall goes off to find the tools he needs.

14. What does Marshall use to wipe Tamaya's eyes off?
(a) Chad's sweater.
(b) A napkin from Tamaya's lunch bag.
(c) One of his socks.
(d) His sweater.

15. What does Mrs. Thaxton's memory of Chad's enrollment at Woodridge seem to show about Chad's mother?
(a) She secretly thinks that Chad's behavior is funny.
(b) She bullies Chad in the same way he bullies other students.
(c) She does not care very much about Chad's feelings.
(d) She is sad and overwhelmed by Chad's behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tamaya learn that Chad is missing?

2. How long after Tamaya's trip into the woods does Chapter 20 take place?

3. What does Marshall worry might mean he is a bad person?

4. What does it mean that Jonathan Fitzman is "subpoenaed" to testify in the Senate hearings (112)?

5. What lie does Marshall tell himself about why he did not tell Mrs. Thaxton the truth?

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