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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ghost’s state of mind after he promises Mr. Charlie he will not skip school?
(a) Relaxed.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Confident.
(d) Relieved.

3. Where does Ghost finally stop running, once he leaves school after having his shoes laughed at?
(a) Mr. Charles’ country store.
(b) Everything Sports.
(c) The wig shop.
(d) Martin Luther King Park.

4. How long does Ghost keep up, before he falls back?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

5. How does Mr. Charles change his routine with Ghost when Ghost shows up at his store during school hours?
(a) He says he is out of sunflower seeds.
(b) He says he will not sell Ghost sunflower seeds.
(c) He says there will not be any charge for the sunflower seeds.
(d) He says the sunflower seeds will be $10.

6. What secret does Ghost tell at the Chinese restaurant?
(a) That his family is poor.
(b) That he has a thick file at school.
(c) That his father is in prison for trying to shoot him.
(d) That he stole the sneakers.

7. What does Sunny’s secret have to do with why he joined the Defenders?
(a) He runs to get away from the house where he is unhappy.
(b) He runs to distinguish himself for his overbearing parents.
(c) He runs because he feels like it makes him forget about his family.
(d) He runs to honor his mother, who was a runner before she died.

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

9. What is Ghost’s history of skipping school?
(a) He has never done it before.
(b) He skips rarely.
(c) He skips school all the time.
(d) He only misses school with a note.

10. What saves Ghost from the mortification of everyone’s laughter?
(a) He runs out in the middle of class.
(b) Shamika apologizes.
(c) The lunch bell.
(d) The teacher restores order.

11. What does Dre tell Ghost everyone is talking about at school?
(a) How he beat up Brandon.
(b) How he was going to get expelled.
(c) How Brandon was going to beat him up.
(d) How he joined the track team.

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

13. What effect does Ghost’s secret have on his teammates?
(a) They fawned on him.
(b) They were taken aback.
(c) They cared and also did not care.
(d) They did not know how to react.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would Ghost’s mother do before taking him to Aunt Sophie’s house?

3. How does Ghost characterize Shamika?

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

5. Why does Ghost stop running after a short while after shoplifting shoes?

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