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

2. What does Mrs. Thaxton's memory of Chad's enrollment at Woodridge seem to show about Chad's mother?
(a) She is sad and overwhelmed by Chad's behavior.
(b) She bullies Chad in the same way he bullies other students.
(c) She does not care very much about Chad's feelings.
(d) She secretly thinks that Chad's behavior is funny.

3. What mistake does Marshall make when he spots Chad and Tamaya in the woods?
(a) He thinks that Tamaya has known where Chad is all along.
(b) He hurries ahead without thinking about how to get back.
(c) He does not pay attention to the fuzzy mud.
(d) He thinks Chad is trying to hurt Tamaya.

4. What happens to the leaf that Tamaya dips into the fuzzy mud?
(a) It turns blue.
(b) It catches fire.
(c) It begins to glow.
(d) It dissolves.

5. What does it mean that Tamaya feels "a rush of revulsion" when Chad's hand touches hers (119)?
(a) She is relieved.
(b) She is disgusted.
(c) She is embarrassed.
(d) She is angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it mean that Jonathan Fitzman is "subpoenaed" to testify in the Senate hearings (112)?

2. When Mrs. Thaxton asks Marshall if he knows where Tamaya is, what is his first thought?

3. What ridiculous rumor about Chad does Marshall pretend to believe as an excuse for not telling Mrs. Thaxton the truth?

4. When Tamaya offers Chad the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, what does he do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What finally causes Marshall to stand up to Chad, and how does this moment contradict Marshall's worst fears about himself?

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

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

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

5. When they are in the woods together, what does Chad reveal is behind his anger toward Marshall?

6. How does Chad answer Tamaya's question about why he acts the way he does?

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

8. What details show the reader how Hope, Monica, and Summer want boys to see them?

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

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

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