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

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

3. How does Ghost characterize Shamika?
(a) Kinda cool.
(b) Mean.
(c) Serious.
(d) Hard-hearted.

4. How does Ghost keep his mother from seeing what he did to his shoes?
(a) He wears his longest jeans to cover them.
(b) He does not get up from the table until she gets up.
(c) He distracts her with questions to keep her from paying attention.
(d) He hides them in his room.

5. What secret does Lu tell at the Chinese restaurant, to start his meal?
(a) That he always wished for a little brother.
(b) That he is part white.
(c) This his father is not his father.
(d) That his parents divorced when he was little.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dre tell Ghost everyone is talking about at school?

2. What does Coach Brody tell the newbies after they order at the Chinese restaurant?

3. What does Sunny’s secret have to do with why he joined the Defenders?

4. Why does Mr. Charles say that he is changing the routine between himself and Ghost regarding the sunflower seeds?

5. How does Ghost characterize Goose, the drug dealer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ghost’s reaction once everyone notices his shoes?

2. What is Sunny’s house like, when Coach Brody and the others go to pick him up?

3. How do Ghost and the other newbies bond on the way to the Chinese restaurant?

4. What is Ghost’s routine with his mother in the evenings?

5. What does Ghost tell Coach Brody when Coach Brody asks him where he got the shoes?

6. How does Ghost describe his Saturday routine with his mother?

7. What secret does Patty tell at the restaurant?

8. How does Mr. Charles repair Ghost’s feelings from getting locked in the stockroom?

9. What secret does Coach Brody tell at the restaurant?

10. What is it like for Ghost to see Brandon Simmons again after their fight?

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