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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How could the following use of rhetorical device be described: "the world is aflame...the sun is a giant red ball...the sky is...stunning and clear" (231)?
(a) The vivid, imagistic diction here creates a feeling of foreboding and also strength.
(b) The use of metaphor here helps to establish a playful mood.
(c) The use of personification here helps to build intensity.
(d) The sad, horrific diction here creates a sense of urgency and speed.

2. Which of the following is a simile that Charlie uses to describe Eliza's beauty?
(a) "She seems edgy" (233).
(b) "She asks anxiously" (233).
(c) "She's beaming" (232).
(d) "Her skin like milk" (232).

3. Whom do Eliza and Charlie NOT encounter on their walk to the glade in Chapter Seven?
(a) The sarge.
(b) Jasper Jones.
(c) Drunk couples.
(d) Ruth Bucktin.

4. Which of the following is NOT true regarding Charlie's response to discovering his mother's affair?
(a) He no longer feels like he must follow her directions.
(b) He wants to push their car into the water.
(c) He cries in sorrow.
(d) He is surprisingly calm.

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

6. What are the "Mean Reds" (257)?
(a) A poisonous plant.
(b) A terrible depression.
(c) A vicious rodent.
(d) A biting ant.

7. How is Mr. Wishart handling Laura's disappearance in Chapter Six?
(a) He is crying at every mention of her name.
(b) He is drinking to block it all out.
(c) He is searching for her constantly.
(d) He is bribing the media to cover her story completely.

8. What is the truth of Laura's death?
(a) She committed suicide.
(b) Mr. Wishart killed her.
(c) Eliza beat her.
(d) Mad Jack murdered her.

9. After the cricket match in Chapter Six, what has Jeffrey become to the town of Corrigan?
(a) A mascot.
(b) A friend.
(c) An outcast.
(d) A hero.

10. What does Eliza tell her mother she must do for Eliza to reveal where Laura's body is?
(a) Run away to New York with Eliza.
(b) Tell Eliza everything she knows about Laura's death.
(c) Turn herself in.
(d) Come forward with all information about her husband.

11. How does Eliza feel about her mother, as revealed in Chapter Eight?
(a) As though Mrs. Wishart let Laura down.
(b) As though Mrs. Wishart needs loving comfort.
(c) As though she must now protect Mrs. Wishart.
(d) As though Mrs. Wishart should be harshly punished.

12. How does Jack Lionel prove his identity to Jasper in Chapter Seven?
(a) He shows him photos of the two of them together when Jasper was a baby.
(b) He hands Jasper a newspaper clipping.
(c) He shows Jasper his driver's license.
(d) He shows Jasper Rosie's birth certificate.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the cricket match in Chapter Six, what does Warwick Trent keep calling Jeffrey?

2. How does Charlie's mother handle his brush with the law in Chapter Six?

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

4. Why is An Lu attacked?

5. On what day does Charlie's punishment in Chapter Six end?

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