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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. When Tamaya learns of Chad's disappearance, who does she immediately want to talk to?
(a) The police.
(b) Mrs. Thaxton.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Her mother.

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

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

4. When they are in the woods together, what does Chad confess he lied about at school?
(a) Locking his teacher in a closet.
(b) Going to jail.
(c) Going into the woods.
(d) Riding a motorcycle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What point does Marshall make about Tamaya when he is talking with Mrs. Thaxton about her disappearance?

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

4. What is Tamaya's plan for finding Chad?

5. Why does Chad ask questions about Tamaya's relationship with her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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