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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice of Mark Twain's does Charlie use when it comes to talking to Eliza?
(a) "It is better to shut up and appear stupid than open your mouth and remove all doubt."
(b) "Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great."
(c) "Those who do not read the news are uninformed. Those that do are misinformed."
(d) "Get your facts first. Then you can distort them as you please."

2. How did Jasper Jones's mother die?
(a) Car wreck.
(b) Murder.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Heart attack.

3. Why is An Lu attacked?
(a) He is associated with communism and terror.
(b) His garden has created too many problems with the local ecosystem.
(c) He is associated with the war and with job loss.
(d) He has been attacking and cursing neighbors and coworkers.

4. How did Rosie and Jack become friends?
(a) Rosie convinced Jack to forgive David.
(b) Jack would send presents to Jasper.
(c) Rosie would invite Jack to Sunday dinners.
(d) Jack asked for forgiveness.

5. How long does Charlie's punishment in Chapter Six last?
(a) A month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) One day.

6. Why is it easy for Charlie to sneak out of his house in Chapter Five?
(a) His mother is not home.
(b) Neither of his parents cares about a curfew.
(c) His parents are both sound asleep.
(d) His father is not home.

7. Why does the sarge treat Charlie so differently from Jasper?
(a) Charlie's parents are friends with the sarge.
(b) Jasper's father and the sarge are enemies.
(c) Charlie is white.
(d) Mad Jack's stories have already gotten around to the sarge.

8. Which character does Charlie most dread leaving behind in Chapter Seven?
(a) Jeffrey.
(b) Wesley.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Eliza.

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

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

11. Who could corroborate Charlie's story about Eliza in Chapter Six?
(a) Eliza's mother.
(b) Jeffrey Lu.
(c) Jasper Jones.
(d) Jack Lionel.

12. How did Jack Lionel memorialize Rosie's death?
(a) By sending flowers to the funeral.
(b) By throwing an elaborate dinner party in her honor.
(c) By scratching the word "sorry" into the car he was driving.
(d) By convincing David to bring Jasper to come live with him.

13. How is Jack's life NOT affected after the crash and Rosie's death?
(a) He is ostracized by his community.
(b) His leg is shattered.
(c) He lives with a massive amount of guilt.
(d) He is sent to prison for her murder.

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

15. What clue does Jasper find at Mad Jack's that seems to confirm the man's role in Laura's death?
(a) A car etched with the word "sorry."
(b) A typed confession.
(c) What looks like a shallow grave.
(d) Weapons stored in the garage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a description Charlie does NOT use to describe Mr. Lionel in Chapter Seven?

2. Which of the following is NOT true of Laura's last evening?

3. What symbol does Charlie always associate with Eliza?

4. What does Jasper NOT see at Jack Lionel's house in Chapter Six?

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

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