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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. As the Author is running from a big man who caught the narrator with his wife, how old is the woman who steps out of the elevator?
(a) 85.
(b) 80.
(c) 70.
(d) 75.

2. How old was the Author when he decided that he wanted to be a writer?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

3. When the Author speaks to the Kid in a bathroom on page 100, when does he say was the worst murder rate?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1990s.

4. What does Jack, the media trainer, say one of his clients was?
(a) Hacker.
(b) Murderer.
(c) Bank robber.
(d) Russian spy.

5. What is the name of a woman that the Author remembers from a Barnes & Noble in New Mexico?
(a) Barb.
(b) Kayla.
(c) Brenda.
(d) Gladys.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far do Soot and his father have to drive to see Daddy Henry?

2. In a photo that Daddy Henry showed Soot, about how old was Soot's father?

3. Who does the Author say were the worst customers when he worked for the cell phone company?

4. What word is on the wall of the office in midtown Manhattan where the Author talks about media training with Sharon?

5. Where is the rest home where Daddy Henry lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack tell the Author to not write about and why?

2. What does the Author say about the book he has written?

3. Where is a little boy at the beginning of the book and what is he doing?

4. What type of dress is the boy's mother wearing at the beginning of the book?

5. What does William want to say to his son about the world they live in?

6. What happens when Soot's father hears him crying in the night?

7. What happens the last time that Soot ever sees Daddy Henry?

8. What does Sharon show Jack and the Author on her phone during the media training, and how long does it take them to understand what they are seeing?

9. Why does the boy from the beginning of the book hate riding to school on the bus?

10. Since the Author's book tour in the Midwest, where has he been?

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