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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. Who is Kimberly Lou Dixon?
(a) Beatrice’s best friend.
(b) A girl who has a crush on Roy.
(c) A girl Roy has a crush on.
(d) She portrays Mother Paula on T.V.

2. Where was Roy’s favorite place that his family has lived?
(a) Billings, Montana.
(b) Bozeman, Montana.
(c) St. Paul, Minnesota.
(d) Detroit, Michigan.

3. What sort of footwear was the strange boy seen running in Chapter One wearing?
(a) Racing flats.
(b) He was barefoot.
(c) Slippers.
(d) High top basketball shoes.

4. What happened to the barefoot runner at the construction site?
(a) He stepped on a rusty nail.
(b) He fell from the fence.
(c) He was bit by an owl.
(d) He twisted his ankle in an own hole.

5. Why were sparkles added to the snakes’ tails?
(a) So the snakes would blend in.
(b) It was meant to be a ‘signature’.
(c) It was supposed to be funny.
(d) So the snakes would be easier to spot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many different options did Roy feel he had upon learning that Dana wants to beat him up after school?

2. What did the barefoot boy use to blind Roy?

3. Why did Officer Delinko want to start coming in to his shifts earlier?

4. What did Officer Delinko find stuck to the fence at the construction site?

5. What type of accent did Kalo have?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Roy first rides his bike to the construction site, who does he see there and how is he treated?

2. What evidence is there for Roy and Beatrice’s relationship beginning to change in Chapter Eight?

3. How does Roy figure out that the barefoot boy is responsible for the alligators in the portable toilets?

4. How did Officer Delinko plan to abide by his punishment at work, but still scope out the construction site?

5. How did Curly’s night at the trailer go?

6. Roy seems to surprise people a great deal simply by being honest and straightforward. What are some examples of this from Chapter Four?

7. What situation does the author include at the end of Chapter Seven for humor?

8. How does the weather in Chapter Six add to the story?

9. How can Beatrice’s parents be described?

10. What is the memory of Montana Roy has in Chapter Five?

(see the answer keys)

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