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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. What does Ghost have in common with his friend Dre Anderson?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Music.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Track.

2. Why are people friends with Red, according to Ghost?
(a) Because they are afraid of his violence.
(b) Because they have pity for his family’s traumas.
(c) Because they are afraid he is crazy.
(d) Because they want to help him.

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

4. What does Ghost’s mother call the place where Ghost sleeps at home?
(a) A nest.
(b) A cushion.
(c) A nook.
(d) A pallet.

5. 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?
(a) He had a black eye.
(b) There was blood on his lips.
(c) His hands were bleeding.
(d) He was naked.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ghost compensate for embarrassing himself, tripping over his shoelace?

2. How does Ghost characterize Brandon’s personality?

3. What does Mr. Charles greet Ghost with, every day?

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

5. How many people are on the Defenders?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Coach Brody end up being the one to come get Ghost from school?

2. What is Ghost’s first impression of Lu?

3. How does Ghost explain the altercation to Coach Brody so that he does not get kicked off the team?

4. Where is Ghost’s father now?

5. What is Ghost’s personality like?

6. What convinces Ghost to try to run against Lu?

7. Why is Ghost so fascinated with the Guinness Book of World Records?

8. What is Coach Brody’s response to Ghost when Ghost says that he is tired, after half a dozen sprints?

9. What does Ghost do during the time he is altercation-free?

10. How does Ghost end up on the Defenders?

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