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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book is Eliza reading in Chapter Three?
(a) The Naked and the Dead.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) Pudd'nhead Wilson.
(d) Breakfast at Tiffany's.

2. How has Jasper been working to earn money to leave Corrigan?
(a) Working on construction sites.
(b) Working in the peach orchards.
(c) Flipping burgers.
(d) Laying brick.

3. Who has become Jeffrey Lu's role model by Chapter Seven?
(a) Bruce Lee.
(b) Evander Holifield.
(c) Jackie Chan.
(d) Mike Tyson.

4. Which of the following images from Chapter Seven uses a simile?
(a) "A mob of kangaroos bounces lazily across a paddock" (234).
(b) "The veranda creaks unbearably loud" (234).
(c) "He wears a pair of grubby gray work pants" (234).
(d) "I march behind him like a tired infantryman" (234).

5. Why is it easy for Charlie to sneak out of his house in Chapter Five?
(a) His mother is not home.
(b) His parents are both sound asleep.
(c) Neither of his parents cares about a curfew.
(d) His father is not home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is guilty for the death of Sylvia Likens?

2. What advice does his father give Charlie in Chapter Three about dealing with his mother?

3. Which of the following is NOT true of Jack's experience the night Laura Wishart dies?

4. What reason did Cooke give for his crimes?

5. Why might Chapter Seven skip back and forth between memories of the encounter with Mad Jack?

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