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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The attack on An Lu takes place on what day?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) The day Jeffrey won the cricket match.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who was attacked at the vigil in Chapter Five?
(a) The constable.
(b) Jasper Jones.
(c) Sue Findlay.
(d) Mrs. Lu.

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

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

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

15. Who ends up leaving Corrigan in Chapter Eight?
(a) Pete Wishart.
(b) Charlie Bucktin.
(c) Ruth Bucktin.
(d) Eliza Wishart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the rift between Jack and David Lionel (Jasper's father)?

2. How does Jack Lionel prove his identity to Jasper in Chapter Seven?

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

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

5. What treasured possession is stolen from Charlie in Chapter Eight?

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