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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chad call Marshall when he challenges him to a fight after school?
(a) Nerd.
(b) Coward.
(c) Cry-baby.
(d) Teacher's pet.

2. Which president is Tamaya's report about?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Coolidge.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Washington.

3. How much older than Tamaya is Marshall?
(a) About one year.
(b) About three years.
(c) About a month.
(d) About two years.

4. When her mother first suggests it, why does Tamaya not want to go to the doctor in the morning?
(a) She thinks it is silly to see a doctor for a little rash.
(b) She does not want to have to explain about the mud.
(c) She does not want to miss school.
(d) She is afraid of doctors.

5. When Tamaya's mother first sees Tamaya's rash, what does she mistake it for?
(a) A burn.
(b) Lipstick.
(c) Marker.
(d) Pizza sauce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marshall's best subject in school?

2. What does Tamaya do when she gets home that makes her feel "the way a murderer felt after he succeeded in destroying all the evidence" (42)?

3. Where is the last place that anyone besides Marshall and Tamaya saw Chad?

4. What does Fitzman reveal about the ergonyms in Chapter 11?

5. Who are Daniela and Eric?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tamaya's attitude toward following rules?

2. Describe how Marshall's attitude toward Tamaya has changed over the years.

3. What irony does Jonathan Fitzman see in the senators' questions about the ergonyms escaping into the environment?

4. What offer does Tamaya make to Marshall on their walk to school in Chapter 12, and why does she think his response is not very honest?

5. How does knowing about Chad's threats make Chapter 5 more tense and suspenseful for the reader?

6. What does Ms. Filbert's balloon demonstration show about her as a teacher?

7. When he is lying away on the night after Chad's attack, what does Marshall decide is his best hope for a final ending to the situation with Chad?

8. What does Tamaya and her mother's nighttime routine communicate about their relationship?

9. When he is lying awake on the night after Chad's attack, what two possible endings does Marshall imagine for a scenario where he tries to defend Tamaya from Chad?

10. How do the stories that Chad tells help to show what kind of a person he is?

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