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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Charlie see Wesley Bucktin differently after An Lu is attacked?
(a) Wesley Bucktin's quiet demeanor and lack of words puts an end to the attack.
(b) Wesley Bucktin physically and verbally stands up for An Lu.
(c) Wesley Bucktin identifies the attackers for the police.
(d) Wesley Bucktin single-handedly runs off all the attackers.

4. Who steps in to ease the tension over the attack at the vigil in Chapter Five?
(a) Wesley Bucktin.
(b) An Lu.
(c) No one.
(d) Mr. Wishart.

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

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

7. How does Charlie, after reading the book, now feel about Patterson's Curse?
(a) Proud.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Mocking.
(d) Angry.

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

9. What ultimately killed Rosie?
(a) A traumatic brain injury.
(b) Her appendix.
(c) Being ejected from the car.
(d) A post-surgical infection.

10. How does Jasper plan in Chapter Seven to get Mad Jack to confess?
(a) Both boys will say they saw him commit the crime.
(b) Jasper will talk to Mad Jack alone.
(c) The boys will lead the police to the man.
(d) Jasper will tell the police the whole story.

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

12. On what day does Charlie's punishment in Chapter Six end?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) The day after Boxing Day.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

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

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

15. What does Charlie drink at the glade in Chapter Five?
(a) River Water.
(b) Chocolate Milk.
(c) Black Bush.
(d) Cherry Coke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has beaten up Jasper in Chapter Five?

2. What item in Mad Jack's house frightens Charlie in Chapter Seven?

3. Which of the following is the image Charlie uses to declare his love for Eliza?

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

5. How did Jack Lionel memorialize Rosie's death?

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