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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. While she is in the woods, what does Tamaya realize about the fuzzy mud?
(a) It is spreading.
(b) It smells sweet.
(c) It is aware of her.
(d) It glows.

2. Why does Marshall struggle to get Tamaya out of the gully?
(a) It has started to rain.
(b) Their hands are slippery with mud.
(c) The gully is too steep.
(d) She is stuck in the mud.

3. What does Chad tell Tamaya he could use the stick to do?
(a) He could fend off attackers.
(b) He could hit her with it.
(c) He could see how deep the mud in the gully is.
(d) He could knock nuts down from the trees.

4. How long did Marshall's friends refuse to let him play basketball with them because of Chad's intimidation?
(a) About a week.
(b) About two weeks.
(c) About three months.
(d) About a month.

5. On page 91, when Marshall thinks that Tamaya's hand is "grotesque," what does this mean about her hand?
(a) It looks fake or exaggerated.
(b) It looks painful.
(c) It is strange and ugly.
(d) It is embarrassing and inconvenient.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the focus of the Senate hearings described in Chapter 20?

3. What does Mrs. Thaxton's memory of Chad's enrollment at Woodridge seem to show about Chad's mother?

4. When Tamaya finds Chad in the woods, what is Chad's primary worry about his current situation?

5. How is Tamaya's lunch sack different from Hope's and Monica's?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Tamaya confronts Marshall on the basketball court, what makes it clear that the school nurse's treatment is not helping Tamaya's rash?

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

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

6. How does Tamaya's parents' divorce make her feel as if she is always missing something?

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

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

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

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

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