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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Coach Brody accuse of slacking of the first day?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Lu.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Patty.

2. What does Ghost go to the bus stop for?
(a) To get the bus.
(b) To meet friends.
(c) To watch the people in the gym.
(d) To meet his mother.

3. Who does Coach Brody say is the best of all time in basketball?
(a) Michael Jordan.
(b) LeBron James.
(c) Magic Johnson.
(d) Larry Bird.

4. What does Ghost say he would hold the world record for?
(a) Eating sunflower seeds.
(b) Having a file at school.
(c) Running away from trouble.
(d) The 100-meter sprint.

5. What look does Coach Brody give Ghost when he comes to get him from the principal's office?
(a) I am so mad.
(b) I am so disappointed.
(c) You are in so much trouble.
(d) This is all going to be fine.

6. What feature distinguishes Coach Brody’s face for Ghost?
(a) His hare lip.
(b) His lazy eye.
(c) His chipped tooth.
(d) His scar.

7. How does Ghost compensate for embarrassing himself, tripping over his shoelace?
(a) By buying new shoes.
(b) By pulling the laces off his shoes.
(c) By cutting up Lu’s shoes.
(d) By butchering his high-tops.

8. How does Ghost say he feels about his father’s sentence?
(a) Happy about him being somewhere he cannot drink.
(b) Numb for the trauma.
(c) Miserable for missing him.
(d) Torn between wanting him gone forever and home again.

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

10. What does Ghost say about warm-up laps?
(a) They look tedious.
(b) They look exhausting.
(c) They make a lot of sense.
(d) They are stupid.

11. What does Ghost answer Mr. Charles' greeting with, every day?
(a) “Nope, cheese sticks.”
(b) “Not today.”
(c) “Hello old man.”
(d) “Lemme guess, one dollar.”

12. What does Ghost say made his father mean?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Racial profiling by the cops.

13. How does Brandon say people look at Glass Manor?
(a) Foggy.
(b) Shattered.
(c) Filmy.
(d) See-through.

14. How does Ghost describe Maureen Thorne in his math class?
(a) A trouble-maker.
(b) A brown-noser.
(c) A show-off.
(d) A slacker.

15. What grade is Ghost in?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Seventh.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will Sunny show his teammates his skills, according to Coach Brody?

2. What does the principal call the events that prompt calls to Ghost’s mother?

3. Where did Ghost and his mother run to the night Ghost's father shot at them?

4. Where does Ghost’s mother sleep at home?

5. What word describes Ghost’s personality in the opening pages of the novel?

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