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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has beaten up Jasper in Chapter Five?
(a) Mad Jack Lionel.
(b) His father.
(c) The authorities.
(d) The cricket team.

2. What is the title of Wesley's Bucktin's book?
(a) Patterson's Curse.
(b) Lus Attack.
(c) Bucktin's Envy.
(d) Ruth's Anger.

3. When Charlie details the ways that Eliza reminds him of Holly Golightly in My Fair Lady, which literary technique is used?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. What does Jasper say in Chapter Seven will happen if Charlie and Eliza leave with him?
(a) Jasper will be accused of kidnapping the other two.
(b) Jasper will be reunited with his dad.
(c) Pete Wishart will be relieved.
(d) Wesley Bucktin will have Jasper hunted down.

5. What character's appendicitis makes room for Jeffrey's big day on the cricket field?
(a) Jasper Jones.
(b) Jim Quincy.
(c) Warwick Trent.
(d) John Wishart.

6. Which character is NOT a possible witness to Charlie and Eliza's first kiss?
(a) Ruth Bucktin.
(b) Jeffrey Lu.
(c) Wesley Bucktin.
(d) Pete Wishart.

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

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

9. Why has Jack Lionel wanted to speak with Jasper for a long time?
(a) To attack Jasper for being an outcast.
(b) To convince Jasper to lie about his identity.
(c) To admit he is Jasper's grandfather.
(d) To admit his role in Laura's murder.

10. How does Charlie feel when his father reveals his completed novel?
(a) Proud.
(b) Sad.
(c) Excited.
(d) Jealous.

11. What mass mailing has arrived in Corrigan in Chapter Five?
(a) Wanted posters.
(b) Missing posters.
(c) Draft letters.
(d) Cricket flyers.

12. How do Charlie and Eliza walk to the glade in Chapter Eight?
(a) Eliza leads; Charlie follows.
(b) Side by side.
(c) They meet there.
(d) Charlie leads; Eliza follows.

13. What happens to Charlie in Chapter Six after he is caught sneaking out?
(a) Eliza reveals that they never saw each other on that night.
(b) He is no longer allowed to see Jasper.
(c) He is grounded.
(d) He and Jeffrey argue.

14. What caused the car crash that killed Rosie?
(a) Jack overcorrected the car after hitting a pothole.
(b) Jack did not have his driver's license.
(c) The car slid on a sheet of ice.
(d) It was too dark to see.

15. To what literary character does Charlie connect Jasper Jones?
(a) Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) David Wilson of Pudd'nhead Wilson.
(c) Randall McMurphy of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(d) Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charlie, after reading the book, now feel about Patterson's Curse?

2. How does Jasper plan in Chapter Seven to get Mad Jack to confess?

3. Which of the following is a reference to a well-known event, work of art, fiction, or history?

4. Which stories does Charlie not use to inspire his fantasies of leaving Corrigan?

5. How does Charlie get the police and his parents to leave him alone about Jasper in Chapter Six?

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