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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Charlie get the police and his parents to leave him alone about Jasper in Chapter Six?
(a) He tells them he has no idea who Jasper Jones is.
(b) He lies and tells them he was trying to meet up with Eliza.
(c) He begs them to believe that Jasper is a good boy and a better friend.
(d) He tells them that Mad Jack has been trying to frame Jasper.

2. Which of the following is NOT a rumor about Rosie's death and Jack's involvement?
(a) That Jack and Rosie were having a torrid affair.
(b) That Jack had abducted Rosie.
(c) That Jack is a serial killer and Rosie was just one of many victims.
(d) That Jack tried to make her death look like an accident.

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason behind the long length of Chapter Seven?
(a) The action follows Jeffrey's cricket team.
(b) The narration shifts between several different times and settings.
(c) The whole story of Laura's death is told here,
(d) Charlie learns a great deal about the corruption of the society as a whole.

4. How has color returned to An Lu's garden in Chapter Seven?
(a) The destroyed plants are growing back.
(b) The Lus have worked tirelessly to rebuild it.
(c) Neighbors have brought him plants.
(d) Butterflies and bees have repollinated the garden.

5. Chapter Six has a strange structure. How is it different from other chapters?
(a) This chapter picks up with Eliza's point of view.
(b) This chapter goes back and forth between the present and the past tense.
(c) This chapter is told in dream sequence.
(d) Jasper Jones is never mentioned in this chapter.

6. Which of the following is a description Charlie does NOT use to describe Mr. Lionel in Chapter Seven?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Sad.
(d) Poor.

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

8. Which of the following is NOT one of Charlie and Jeffrey's puns?
(a) The gray ghost.
(b) I'm shocked.
(c) Cheeses.
(d) A Jew.

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

10. During Charlie's punishment, what new book does he read twice?
(a) In Cold Blood.
(b) My Fair Lady.
(c) A Farewell to Arms.
(d) One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

11. Why were Rosie and Jack in the car on the day of the crash?
(a) Jasper was sick.
(b) Rosie had appendicitis.
(c) Jack needed stitches.
(d) They were going to the store.

12. During the cricket match in Chapter Six, what does Warwick Trent keep calling Jeffrey?
(a) Bruce Lee.
(b) Alien.
(c) Cong.
(d) Immigrant.

13. Whom does Mad Jack admit to killing in Chapter Seven?
(a) Sylvia Likens.
(b) Numerous girls.
(c) Rosie Jones.
(d) Laura Wishart.

14. What type of shoe does Charlie now wear in Chapter Seven?
(a) Keds.
(b) Nikes.
(c) Heavy boots.
(d) Pansy sandals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charlie feel when his father reveals his completed novel?

2. Why does Jasper feel guilty about Laura's death?

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

4. What is the title of Wesley's Bucktin's book?

5. When Charlie details the ways that Eliza reminds him of Holly Golightly in My Fair Lady, which literary technique is used?

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