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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Eating Poetry."
(c) "Chanson Innocente, I."
(d) "The Mending Wall."

2. When Dan's grandson calls Holly in the section called "December 22, 2020," she asks him to tell Dan what fact about the Outsider?
(a) It is wounded.
(b) It is gone.
(c) It is back.
(d) It is dead.

3. For what object was Sarah reaching in the convenience store when she dropped dead of a stroke?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Bread.
(c) Milk.
(d) Peanut butter.

4. How many short steps are included in the flight of the stairs leading to the cupola?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. The first sentence of Act I: I Contain Multitudes states that Chuck was looking forward to which event?
(a) Having a baby brother.
(b) Having a baby sister.
(c) Having a niece.
(d) Having a nephew.

6. The first time the scene changes within "December 8-9, 2020," Holly is getting ready to watch what type of show at 3 in the afternoon?
(a) Documentary.
(b) Court.
(c) Talk show.
(d) Soap opera.

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

8. After Chuck cries over his grandfather Albie's personal effects, what action does he take?
(a) He falls down the stairs.
(b) He unlocks the door to the cupola.
(c) He calls his uncle.
(d) He hears a voice and jumps.

9. 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?
(a) A beard.
(b) A mustache.
(c) A mole.
(d) A wound.

10. 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) Grandfather.
(d) Brother.

11. While Holly is watching a show breaking news announces that an explosion has occurred at what type of school in Pineborough, Pennsylvania?
(a) Graduate.
(b) Elementary.
(c) High.
(d) Middle.

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

13. In the section called "December 17, 2020," Holly arranges to meet Chet at what location the following day?
(a) The elementary school.
(b) The amusement park.
(c) The library.
(d) The mall.

14. What is the last name of Holly, the protagonist of the story entitled "If It Bleeds"?
(a) Gibney.
(b) Merrill.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Galleon.

15. In what year did Sarah and Albie Krantz move into the home where they later raised Chuck?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what object does the narrator of Act I: I Contain Multitudes blame the deaths of Chuck's parents?

2. The prologue of the story "If It Bleeds" discusses January of which year?

3. Albie is said to have "at least" told "part of the truth" (133) about the cupola to his grandson Chuck just before Chuck turned how old?

4. How old was Chuck when his grandparents Sarah and Albie took him to Disney World?

5. Who accompanies Holly on her trip back to her hometown in the section called "December 9-13, 2020"?

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