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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. Why does Tamaya wake up at 7:08 every morning?
(a) Seven and eight are her and Monica's favorite numbers.
(b) 708 is her locker number at Woodridge Academy.
(c) Seventy and eight are the chapter and verse numbers of her favorite Bible quote.
(d) 708 is the number of the house her family lived in before the divorce.

2. Why does Mr. Brandt call Marshall up to the front of the class?
(a) He wants Marshall to solve equations on the board.
(b) He wants to go over a test with Marshall.
(c) He wants to ask Marshall about Chad's disappearance.
(d) He needs to tell Marshall to go to the office.

3. Where does Chad claim he once rode his motorcycle?
(a) Into a movie theater.
(b) Into the principal's office.
(c) To South America.
(d) To New York City.

4. 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.

5. Whom did Monica see jogging past her house?
(a) Chad and his father.
(b) The school custodian.
(c) Their French teacher.
(d) Mrs. Thaxton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is emphasized in the description of the inside of Tamaya's house?

2. What fancy item does the lunchroom at Tamaya's school still have, from when it used to be a ballroom?

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

4. How does Tamaya's school uniform usually make her feel?

5. What does SunRay Farms produce?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marshall blame his parents for his problems with Chad?

2. What do the descriptions of the outside and inside of Tamaya's house communicate about her home?

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

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

5. Describe the changes that occur in Tamaya's rash overnight in Chapter 12.

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

7. What does Tamaya rub in Chad's face, and how does Chad react?

8. 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?

9. Describe Tamaya's relationship with her parents.

10. What ideas are conveyed by the description of the history of the building Woodridge Academy is housed in?

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