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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 item does Tamaya have with her when she goes into the woods in Chapter 17?
(a) A camera.
(b) Her journal.
(c) A science book.
(d) Her lunch sack.

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' rescue by the search party.
(b) Tamaya losing her vision.
(c) Chad needing to be carried.
(d) The kids getting lost again.

3. How does Tamaya end up with scratches on her arms and legs?
(a) Chad accidentally pushes her, and she falls into a bush.
(b) She pushes through thick bushes looking for a path for them to follow.
(c) Chad attacks her with the stick they are carrying.
(d) She moves too quickly down a hill and falls.

4. What does the school nurse eventually decide must have caused Tamaya's rash?
(a) The fuzzy mud.
(b) Cleaning products.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Her new shampoo.

5. What is Tamaya's plan for finding Chad?
(a) She will look for broken branches and twigs.
(b) She will follow his footprints.
(c) She will look for the fuzzy mud.
(d) She will listen for the sound of someone moving.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Marshall spots Tamaya and Chad in the woods, what does he do for the first time?

2. What do all of the students' theories about what has happened to Chad seem to have in common?

3. Why does everything in the woods look so unfamiliar to Tamaya?

4. When Marshall offers Tamaya his shirt so that she can clear the mud from her mouth, ears, and nose, what is her objection?

5. When the school nurse is taking care of her hand, why does Tamaya keep hoping the nurse will hurry up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the kids discover that Tamaya has lost her vision?

2. Why does no one realize that Marshall is missing when he goes into the woods to look for Tamaya?

3. When Marshall is on the basketball court at lunch, what is ironic about his behavior toward Tamaya?

4. How does Tamaya end up getting more fuzzy mud on her, and how does her response show her common sense?

5. What condition is Chad in when Tamaya finally finds him?

6. How does Marshall's behavior in Mrs. Thaxton's office contradict the decision he makes right before he goes in?

7. What do all of the rumors about Chad's disappearance show about both Chad and the other students at Woodridge Academy?

8. When Chad tells Tamaya and Marshall about being up in the trees, what does Tamaya think sounds so nice about it, and why?

9. What does Chapter 21 reveal will happen in Heath Cliff?

10. How does Chad feel that he is different from his siblings and from the other Woodridge students?

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