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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8 | Section 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The doctor is trying to get Adam to talk, but notes that Adam has stepped ____________ himself.
(a) Alongside
(b) Within
(c) Outside
(d) Inside

2. How many speeds does the boy's bike have on it, by his own account at the start of the story?
(a) Twelve
(b) Ten
(c) Two
(d) One

3. Who is in the role of the interrogator at the start of this book's interrogation scenes?
(a) Brint
(b) Paul Delmonte
(c) Adam Farmer
(d) Mr. Grey

4. What do the old man at the rest stop and the boy look at when the boy stops in Aswell on his bike trip?
(a) A car
(b) Magazine
(c) A map
(d) A soda

5. What does Adam now wish he had used when he was back in Aswell at the rest stop?
(a) The bathroom
(b) The air pump
(c) The phone
(d) The shade

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scent of perfume that the boy remembers as being something his mother used to wear?

2. What is the familiar childhood song the boy sings to himself whenever he needs to be consoled?

3. Cormier used a __________ morning exercise to spark his creative output, which led to the writing of this book.

4. Adam tells Brint that he will give him some __________ as he is telling his story.

5. Adam doesn't think the place where he's at smells like a ___________, so he is confused as to where he is.

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