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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor does Charlie use to describe the spotter planes in Chapter Four?
(a) Two flying monkeys.
(b) Birds of prey.
(c) The horsemen of the apocalypse.
(d) Two black dragonflies.

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

3. What item in Mad Jack's house frightens Charlie in Chapter Seven?
(a) Doilies.
(b) A Knife.
(c) Photographs.
(d) A rifle.

4. Who arrives at Charlie's window in the middle of the night as the book opens?
(a) Laura Wishart.
(b) Jasper Jones.
(c) Jeffrey Lu.
(d) Eliza Wishart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what literary character does Charlie connect Jasper Jones?

2. During Charlie's punishment, what new book does he read twice?

3. At the beginning of Chapter Five, how long has it been since Laura's death and river burial?

4. What happens to Charlie in Chapter Six after he is caught sneaking out?

5. What does Eliza tell her mother she must do for Eliza to reveal where Laura's body is?

(see the answer key)

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