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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what location does Holly discover the Outsider's clothes after his demise?
(a) In the bathtub.
(b) In the street.
(c) At the bottom of the elevator shaft.
(d) On her bed.

2. Who accompanies Holly on her trip back to her hometown in the section called "December 9-13, 2020"?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Allie.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Pete.

3. About what poem did Chuck stay after class to talk to the teacher about on the last day of eighth grade?
(a) "Song of Myself."
(b) "The Mending Wall."
(c) "Eating Poetry."
(d) "Chanson Innocente, I."

4. Holly declares in "December 16, 2020" that the Outsiders feed on all but which of the following elements?
(a) Pain.
(b) Death.
(c) Horror.
(d) Silence.

5. Albie told his grandson Chuck that he had "only been up to that damn cupola" (134) how many times in total?
(a) 9.
(b) 24.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

6. What is the last name of the man named Dan whom Holly goes to meet in the section called "December 16, 2020"?
(a) Miller.
(b) Stevens.
(c) Bell.
(d) Hodges.

7. In the section entitled "December 14, 2020," Holly researches Chet Ondowsky and discovers that his real name is what?
(a) Chester.
(b) Chuck.
(c) Charles.
(d) Kelvin.

8. In what state was the door to the cupola throughout Chuck's childhood?
(a) Missing.
(b) Locked.
(c) Broken.
(d) Barricaded.

9. What kind of person strokes his mustache when the section entitled "December 8-9, 2020" begins?
(a) A delivery driver.
(b) A garbage collector.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A receptionist.

10. In the section entitled "December 19, 2020," Holly is scheduled to receive money from Chet at her place of business at what time of the evening?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

11. How old was Chuck when his grandfather Albie died of a heart attack on the front steps of the library?
(a) 24.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

12. In the section of the story "If It Bleeds" entitled "December 9-13," Holly returns to her hometown to help which of her relatives named Henry move into a nursing home?
(a) Great-uncle.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Brother.
(d) Grandfather.

13. In what month just after the end of Chuck's eighth grade year did his grandmother Sarah die?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) May.

14. In what year was Chuck's childhood home with his grandparents built, according to Albie?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1918.

15. What is the last name of Holly's current business partner Pete?
(a) Hodges.
(b) Huntley.
(c) Ondowsky.
(d) Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many specific people did Albie name when he told Chuck about seeing people's coming deaths in the cupola?

2. In the section entitled "December 18, 2020," Holly again visits which character?

3. Albie told Chuck that he swore never to return to the cupola and that when he broke his promise, he saw a future associated with whom?

4. Holly realizes in the section called "December 9-13, 2020" that at one point, she saw which feature on Chet's face before seeing it missing the next time?

5. Holly decides in the section called "December 14, 2020" that the feature she saw on Chet's face must have been a what?

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