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

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

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

4. The wrong number that Adam dials is just another block to keep him from discovering another __________.
(a) Love
(b) Piece of his identity
(c) Truth
(d) Person he knows

5. The _________ in Adam increases, though he tries not to take a pill or a shot to calm down.
(a) Happiness
(b) Panic
(c) Hunger
(d) Pain

Short Answer Questions

1. When the boy was a child, he was teased for having his stuffed animal - Pokey the ________.

2. Adam enters a phone booth and tries to place a call to ___________ in order to soothe himself.

3. What kind of car blows its horn to distract the dog and to keep Adam from being harmed?

4. What is the name of the game that Amy has invented in order to keep the two busy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adam realize is the dog's intention for him when he is riding his bike?

2. Who stops to check on Adam when he is lying on the side of the road after being toppled by the troublemakers?

3. What happens to Adam as the car travels slowly down the road to the city of Hookset?

4. What does Brint tell Adam when he finds out Adam has been refusing all of things he has been refusing?

5. Why didn't Adam share his secret with Amy during this time after he found out what was happening?

6. From where does Adam try to call Amy again while he is on his bike journey?

7. Even though Adam has enough money to take a bus to go see his dad, why does he choose to go by bike instead?

8. How did Adam feel about his father and about what he had done to provide testimony?

9. What does the old man tell Adam about the world as he stops off during his bike ride journey?

10. What does Adam tell the boys about his bike, which only arouses their curiosity in it and in Adam?

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