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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. On page 33, when Tamaya tells Chad to leave Marshall alone, what does Chad say to Tamaya?
(a) "Quit being a baby."
(b) "Mind your business, kid."
(c) "You're next, Tamaya."
(d) "What, are you gonna tattle?"

2. What does Tamaya realize about her hands at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) They are blue.
(b) They are tingling.
(c) They are covered in bumps.
(d) They are numb.

3. What caused the inventor of the product made by SunRay Farms to drop out of college?
(a) His parents needed him at home.
(b) He got a C- on a paper.
(c) He lost his scholarship.
(d) He got caught cheating.

4. Why is Tamaya unable to finish writing her journal entry in Ms. Filber's class?
(a) The class is interrupted with the news about Chad.
(b) Her rash begins to bleed, attracting others' attention.
(c) The bell rings while she is still thinking about what she wants to write.
(d) Her mother comes to pick her up for her doctor's appointment.

5. In Chapter 8, what seems to confuse the senators about Biolene?
(a) How it is possible to make the number of ergonyms required.
(b) What the eventual cost per gallon of Biolene will end up being.
(c) What purpose there is in replacing gasoline with another fuel source.
(d) How living organisms can be converted to fuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marshall temporarily leave Tamaya alone in the woods?

2. On page 9, one of the senators refers to a scientist as "eccentric"--what kind of a person does this word describe?

3. What does Marshall see that helps him and Tamaya find their way out of the woods?

4. When Marshall tells Tamaya he is sorry after she falls down in the woods, what is he apologizing for?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. When Ms. Filbert was assigning the reports about presidents, how did her behavior contradict her words?

6. 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?

7. Why has Chad come to Woodridge Academy?

8. What advice of Ms. Filbert's does Tamaya think about as she is about to go into the woods, and why does she think about it?

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

10. Describe the setting of SunRay Farm.

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