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

2. Why does Tamaya almost laugh when she offers Chad her peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
(a) She is relieved that she has found Chad and can start to help him.
(b) She enjoys being the one who has power over Chad for a change.
(c) She remembers Mrs. Latherly's theory about the rash being caused by peanut butter.
(d) She knows that Chad's least favorite lunch is peanut butter and jelly.

3. What does it mean that Jonathan Fitzman is "subpoenaed" to testify in the Senate hearings (112)?
(a) He is frightened to have to talk to the senators.
(b) He is happy to share what he knows.
(c) He is legally forced to testify.
(d) He is scheduled to speak to the committee.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tamaya peeks down the back of the assistant headmaster's shirt, what is she looking for?

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

3. What is Donna Jones's job at SunRay farms?

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

5. What does the school nurse eventually decide must have caused Tamaya's rash?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mr. Walsh shows up at Woodridge to pick up Marshall?

2. What steps do Marshall and Tamaya take to warn the search party about the mud?

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

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

5. When they are in the woods together, what does Tamaya learn about Chad's story about the hermit?

6. How does Tamaya try to ensure that she will be able to find her way back out of the woods?

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

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

9. How does Tamaya end up getting completely stuck in the fuzzy mud?

10. What makes Mrs. Thaxton feel so guilty about Tamaya's disappearance?

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