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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new grown-up skill has Charlie acquired in Chapter Eight?
(a) Mowing.
(b) Editing.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Cleaning.

2. Which of the following is a reference to a well-known event, work of art, fiction, or history?
(a) Pun.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Illusion.

3. What is the nature of Laura's injuries in Chapter One?
(a) She has been beaten and hanged.
(b) She has no visible injuries.
(c) She has committed suicide.
(d) She has drowned and resurfaced.

4. Why might Silvey use curse words in developing the relationship between Jeffrey and Charlie?
(a) Silvey is attempting to be sensationalistic.
(b) This use of vernacular sets them up as typical adolescent boys trying to be tough.
(c) Silvey wants to show how troubled the boys are.
(d) The vernacular is used as personification.

5. Why is Jasper's last name Jones, not Lionel?
(a) That story remains unclear.
(b) When David and Rosie married, David changed his last name.
(c) Lionel is Rosie's, not David's, father, so the Lionel name would not pass down.
(d) Rosie gave Jasper her maiden name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is similar about Charlie's return home in Chapter Three to what happened when he returned Eliza home?

2. Why does Charlie most admire Batman?

3. What ultimately killed Rosie?

4. Which character does Charlie most dread leaving behind in Chapter Seven?

5. Why does Charlie see Wesley Bucktin differently after An Lu is attacked?

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