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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Adam enters a phone booth and tries to place a call to ___________ in order to soothe himself.
(a) Allison Hertz
(b) His father
(c) Amy Hertz
(d) His mother

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

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

5. Where does Adam think about leaving his bike in order to keep it safe and sound?
(a) The gas station
(b) The restaurant
(c) The library
(d) The police station

6. The boy has enough money in his pocket to travel by _______, but he prefers to travel by bike as it's less confined.
(a) Boat
(b) Bus
(c) Train
(d) Plane

7. The boy wants to make the bike trip without any _________, so he puts them in the garbage disposal.
(a) Grapes
(b) Food packages
(c) Pills
(d) Raisins

8. Adam is glad to be leaving Carver and getting away from the ___________, the troublemakers.
(a) The popcorn vendors
(b) The restaurant owners
(c) The wise guys
(d) The dogs

9. What is the name of the game that Amy has invented in order to keep the two busy?
(a) Pranks
(b) Numbers
(c) Letters
(d) Mischief

10. Adam tells Brint that he will give him some __________ as he is telling his story.
(a) Mysteries
(b) Time
(c) Clues
(d) Answers

11. Adam asks if ___________ is the name of the gray man that he keeps seeing in his memory.
(a) Paul Delmonte
(b) Mr. Black
(c) Adam Farmer
(d) Mr. Fog

12. The name Adam Farmer means __________ to Adam at this point of his life.
(a) Farmer
(b) Everything
(c) Fear
(d) Nothing

13. Finally, Adam decides he will continue on to ______________, even though he is not sure he is strong enough.
(a) Rutterburg
(b) Monument
(c) Chicago
(d) Boston

14. Adam is pleased he can __________ himself so easily and thinks that maybe he can go to other places as well.
(a) Lose
(b) Detach
(c) Remember
(d) Ignore

15. Cormier used a __________ morning exercise to spark his creative output, which led to the writing of this book.
(a) Sunday
(b) Saturday
(c) Monday
(d) Friday

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of club meeting did Adam tell his mother he was attending, even though he was really going out with Amy?

2. Adam admits that he didn't know who Paul was ______________, but doesn't answer when Brint pokes further.

3. Adam recalls that Brint asked Adam about ______________ at the beginning.

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?

5. Adam is watching himself with the ___________ from a different point of view.

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