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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Adam begins another day, riding his bicycle. This time, where is he headed?
(a) Monument
(b) Rutterburg
(c) New York
(d) Washington DC

2. How many annual questionings have been done on Adam according to the final report?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 5

3. Brint tells Adam he must face ____________ or else everything will come to a halt.
(a) His father
(b) The truth
(c) His charges
(d) The gray man

4. What route does Adam want to take when he is taking this new journey?
(a) 51
(b) 31
(c) 10
(d) 1

5. How would the office at the motel be described as Adam walked up to it?
(a) Brightly lit
(b) Busy
(c) Deserted
(d) Smelly

6. How long did Adam's father spend in giving testimony before the Senate Committee?
(a) One month
(b) One year
(c) One week
(d) One day

7. Who saw Amy and Adam during their last Number game together, even though they were unable to complete it?
(a) Janitor
(b) Brint
(c) Adam's father
(d) The old man

8. What is another thing that Adam refuses to do during the timing of this interrogation?
(a) Draw
(b) Talk to his father
(c) Play hopscotch
(d) Sleep

9. Adam realizes that his mother's sadness was actually __________, not the sadness he thought he saw.
(a) Fear
(b) Happiness
(c) Anger
(d) Hunger

10. What is the nickname that the old maintenance man has for Adam as he rides into the hospital?
(a) Whipper
(b) Paul
(c) Anthony
(d) Skipper

11. What DOESN'T Adam's bike have according to his description?
(a) No speeds
(b) Warped tires
(c) Blue paint
(d) No fenders

12. What does the boy do to his mother, which makes Adam angry at the boy?
(a) Throws the bike at the ground
(b) Hits his mother
(c) Nothing
(d) Turns his back on the mother

13. What would Mr. Grey bring to Monument twice a year when he came to visit the family in Monument?
(a) A relative to visit
(b) Pictures
(c) Candy
(d) Money bonus

14. Who did Adam see spinning in the air as they died from the impact of another car hurtling toward the group of people?
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) His sister
(d) Amy Hertz

15. What is so special about the room in the cellar where Adam's father and Mr. Grey would talk?
(a) It was filled with information
(b) It was above ground
(c) It was soundproof
(d) It was hidden

Short Answer Questions

1. Adam is acting like a ___________ in order to get his bike back.

2. Adam talks about the day they left because of the emergency: "It was like _______________ in the beginning."

3. What is the temperature like as Adam begins this new bike journey at the end of the book?

4. What was the name for the grey man that Adam finally seems to remember during the interrogation?

5. What had Adam's father used to do for his career before all of the chaos ensued?

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