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

2. How many different options did Roy feel he had upon learning that Dana wants to beat him up after school?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What number did the barefoot boy make Roy count to before he could remove his blindfold?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 100.
(d) 55.

4. What was the weather like at the end of Chapter Six?
(a) It is a beautiful Spring evening.
(b) It is a thunder and lightning storm.
(c) It is a windstorm.
(d) Extremely hot and muggy.

5. Who called in sick to school on Monday at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) The girl from the cafeteria.
(b) Dana.
(c) Garrett.
(d) Roy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Officer Delinko’s punishment for falling asleep in his car?

2. How did Roy get a flat tire on his bike in Chapter Seven?

3. How did Officer Delinko feel about his job in Chapter Four?

4. What size shoe did Roy wear?

5. What was Chuck Muckle’s position at the Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake Company?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two favors does Officer Delinko ask of Roy while during their drive to Roy’s house, and how does Roy feel about them?

2. Why did Officer Delinko offer to personally pay the bill for his patrol car?

3. How is the girl who talks to Roy in the cafeteria in Chapter Two presented, and what does this suggest?

4. What did Officer Delinko find stuck to the fence at the construction site, and why did he keep it?

5. How did Roy and Officer Delinko meet?

6. What back-story is revealed about the barefoot runner in Chapter Ten?

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

8. What lie did Beatrice tell Roy’s mother in Chapter Ten, and why did she pick that lie?

9. What did Roy feel was his ‘duty as an only child’ and what does this tell readers about Roy?

10. Why is Curly’s name ironic?

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