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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amy talk like in order to make Adam laugh and to keep him from becoming too serious?
(a) A giraffe
(b) A fairy
(c) Wise guy
(d) A pig

2. In what state does Adam think he was born, according to what his birth certificate says and his father told him?
(a) Massachusetts
(b) Rhode Island
(c) Vermont
(d) Pennsylvania

3. 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 shade
(d) The phone

4. On the day that Adam's mother is the happiest, she has a special _________ hour that she enjoys in her bedroom.
(a) Telephone
(b) Bath
(c) Reading
(d) Knitting

5. What is Adam's dream in terms of the career path he wants to take?
(a) Mob boss
(b) Writer
(c) Doctor
(d) Judge

6. Adam believes that Amy is more important to him than food or the __________.
(a) Package
(b) Mystery
(c) Bike
(d) Hospital

7. Adam yells out that he is going __________, even though he answers himself that this is not going to happen.
(a) To go crazy
(b) To fall over
(c) To kill himself
(d) Back

8. What did Adam steal in order to get into his father's desk where all the important papers were kept?
(a) The key
(b) A credit card
(c) The combination
(d) A lock picking kit

9. Adam believes that this man is the only real __________ he has to the mystery in his mind.
(a) Puzzle
(b) Blank
(c) Answer
(d) Clue

10. Who does Adam want to talk to in order to calm his nerves?
(a) Allison Hertz
(b) Mr. Grey
(c) Dr. Brint
(d) Amy Hertz

11. What is the familiar childhood song the boy sings to himself whenever he needs to be consoled?
(a) How Much is that Doggy in the Window?
(b) Farmer in the Dell
(c) Ring Around the Rosy
(d) Baa Baa Black Sheep

12. What has gotten wet as a result of the weather that starts up?
(a) Adam's package
(b) Adam's newspaper
(c) The food Adam bought
(d) The dog

13. Where was Adam determined to prove that they lived, as his father told him this was the case?
(a) Monument
(b) Rawlings
(c) Boston
(d) Rutterburg

14. On what day of the week is Adam's mother the happiest, it seems?
(a) Monday
(b) Friday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Thursday

15. Adam has always wondered what made his mother so ________ whenever he looked at her.
(a) Happy
(b) Sad
(c) Confused
(d) Mad

Short Answer Questions

1. How many speeds does the boy's bike have on it, by his own account at the start of the story?

2. Where does Adam wake up in a panic in the middle of the night?

3. Who does Adam think is now threatening him after he tries to make the phone call?

4. The __________ is no longer smooth for Adam, but is full of ruts and of holes.

5. What are the other three guys in the restaurant eating as Adam sits alone with his meal?

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