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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that makes Aunt Sophie cool in Ghost’s eyes?
(a) Her skill at cards.
(b) Her funny jokes.
(c) Her tattoo.
(d) Her cooking.

2. What does Ghost realize when Thursday’s practice begins?
(a) He has not eaten all day.
(b) There are cops all around the track.
(c) He will be running right past the sporting goods store.
(d) Coach Brody does not believe he bought the shoes.

3. What is Coach Brody’s response to Ghost’s new sneakers?
(a) He is skeptical.
(b) He is surprised.
(c) He is enthusiastic.
(d) He is condescending.

4. How does Coach Brody put the newbies at ease while they wait for their food?
(a) He tells embarrassing stories about himself.
(b) He tells them each their strong points.
(c) He tells stories from his training days.
(d) He dishes some dirt on the veteran runners.

5. What does Coach Brody take away from the newbies at the Chinese restaurant?
(a) Their fortune cookies.
(b) Their silverware.
(c) Their dinners.
(d) Their napkins.

6. How far off is Ghost from knowing his true shoe size?
(a) Two full sizes.
(b) One size.
(c) Half a size.
(d) One and a half sizes.

7. Who does Coach Whit say shined in practice?
(a) Lu.
(b) Patty.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Ghost.

8. How does Ghost characterize the silver shoes he shoplifts?
(a) Put-down shoes.
(b) Shut-up shoes.
(c) You-somebody shoes.
(d) Get-it-done shoes.

9. Why does Mr. Charles say he had been laughed at in his family?
(a) Because he was more motivated than his siblings.
(b) Because he was so much younger than his siblings.
(c) Because he was not as smart as his siblings.
(d) Because he had a thicker accent than his siblings.

10. When does Ghost start to panic the day after altering his shoes?
(a) When the teacher asks why Shamika is laughing.
(b) When all the other students notice why Shamika is laughing.
(c) When Shamika starts to laugh.
(d) When Brandon walks in.

11. What is Patty’s secret?
(a) That she runs to honor her mother, who lost legs to diabetes.
(b) That her mother runs to honor her mother, who died in childbirth.
(c) The she runs to get away from her unhappy home as well.
(d) That her mother makes her run as punishment.

12. What does Ghost say is the response to Lu’s secret?
(a) No one says anything.
(b) Everyone reassured him.
(c) Everyone exclaimed.
(d) Everyone pretends not to register it.

13. How does Ghost describe the physical effect of his humiliation over having his shoes laughed at?
(a) His insides turned to ice.
(b) His insides boiled.
(c) His heart broke.
(d) His tongue turned to a stone.

14. Which shoe size fits Ghost perfectly?
(a) The nines.
(b) The nine and a halfs.
(c) The eights.
(d) The eight and a halfs.

15. How does Ghost characterize Goose, the drug dealer?
(a) A real volatile guy.
(b) Mostly a nice guy.
(c) A dangerous guy.
(d) A mysterious guy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ghost’s mother not say anything about his new shoes?

2. How does Mr. Charles change his routine with Ghost when Ghost shows up at his store during school hours?

3. What does Ghost compare his mortification of having his shoes laughed at to?

4. What does Ghost say King usually orders when they order Chinese food?

5. What secret does Lu tell at the Chinese restaurant, to start his meal?

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