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

2. What type of vehicle does Coach Brody drive?
(a) A pickup truck.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A hybrid electric car.
(d) A cab.

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

4. What is Ghost’s preferred sport at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Football.
(d) Basketball.

5. What does Ghost say he is a master at?
(a) Picking sunflowers out of the seeds with his teeth.
(b) Doing the minimum homework.
(c) Running on the Stairmaster.
(d) Catching the bus on time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ghost say Mr. Brown looks like?

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. How does Ghost characterize his responses to the insults?

4. Why does Ghost say he wants to sleep near his mother?

5. How does Coach Brody describe the Defenders?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened when Ghost’s father “lost it” (5)?

4. What does Ghost say is in his file at school?

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

6. What does Coach Brody tell his athletes about the team they are on?

7. What is Ghost’s personality like?

8. How does Ghost end up on the Defenders?

9. What is Ghost’s relationship with basketball?

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

(see the answer keys)

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