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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. Why did Tamaya miss Hope's birthday party?
(a) She was too shy to go to a party that boys would be at.
(b) She went horseback riding with another friend.
(c) She and Hope were fighting.
(d) She was at her father's in Philadelphia.

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) Chad needing to be carried.
(c) Tamaya losing her vision.
(d) The kids getting lost again.

3. What does Marshall see in the woods that he mistakes for an animal?
(a) A discarded backpack.
(b) A twisted tree limb.
(c) Tamaya's sweater.
(d) A pile of leaves.

4. What point does Marshall make about Tamaya when he is talking with Mrs. Thaxton about her disappearance?
(a) She follows the rules.
(b) She is worried about Chad.
(c) She is afraid of the woods.
(d) She is brave.

5. What possible ergonym mutation are the senators worried about?
(a) One that would allow the organism to reproduce with organisms already in the environment.
(b) One that would allow the ergonyms to reproduce even faster.
(c) One that would create consciousness in the organisms.
(d) One that would allow the ergonym to survive in oxygen.

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 does Chad tell Tamaya he has been thinking about while he has been lost in the woods?

3. Why do Tamaya and Chad hold a long stick between them as they head back toward the school?

4. How long after Tamaya's trip into the woods does Chapter 20 take place?

5. Who is Cooper?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. By the time Marshall is found by the searchers, which items of clothing is he missing, and why?

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

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

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