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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ghost learn about Usain Bolt?
(a) The Guinness Book of World Records.
(b) Coach Brody.
(c) His father.
(d) His classmates.

2. How does Ghost explain to Mr. Charles why he is at the store during school hours?
(a) He tells Mr. Charles he got in trouble again.
(b) He tells Mr. Charles the kids were laughing at him.
(c) He tells Mr. Charles he felt sick.
(d) He tells Mr. Charles he felt too good to be in school.

3. What does Ghost compare his mortification of having his shoes laughed at to?
(a) A doctor cutting off the wrong arm.
(b) A basketball player getting dunked on.
(c) A lover getting dumped.
(d) A driver getting in a wreck.

4. How does Ghost say warming up for track makes him feel?
(a) Drained and filled.
(b) Old and young.
(c) Weak and strong.
(d) Tired and energized.

5. Why does Ghost stay at Mr. Charlie’s store to help him stock shelves after shoplifting shoes?
(a) To avoid the truancy officer from the school.
(b) To avoid being at the track in case the cops look there.
(c) To avoid finding out how widely the story of his shoes has spread.
(d) To avoid running into people who might know his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Ghost say his father’s gunshots had on him?

2. What else did Ghost notice about his father, beside the fact that he was cocking a pistol, when Ghost and his mother were running out of the house?

3. What does Ghost say the sound of the gunshot made his heart feel like?

4. What is the first world record Ghost cites?

5. What makes Shamika’s laughter so dangerous for Ghost?

(see the answer key)

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