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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the image Charlie uses to declare his love for Eliza?
(a) "I want to wrap it around my finger and make a ring out of it" (295).
(b) "I've got enough courage in me" (295).
(c) "Jasper's glad fills our lungs and settles us down" (295).
(d) "We sleep in the tree hollow, snug and safe" (294).

2. Why might Chapter Seven skip back and forth between memories of the encounter with Mad Jack?
(a) To increase suspense.
(b) To confuse the reader.
(c) To prove Mad Jack's guilt.
(d) To make Jasper look foolish.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rosie and Jack become friends?

2. How does Eliza feel about her mother, as revealed in Chapter Eight?

3. What character's appendicitis makes room for Jeffrey's big day on the cricket field?

4. What does Eliza tell her mother she must do for Eliza to reveal where Laura's body is?

5. How do Charlie and Eliza walk to the glade in Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clues indicate that Mad Jack is not, in fact, a killer?

2. How does Charlie handle the knowledge of his mother's indiscretion in Chapter Seven?

3. What are the clues that indicate that Mad Jack Lionel may not really be a serial killer?

4. Explore the beating of An Lu. What is the precipitating factor? Who are some prominent characters in the beating and in Lu's defense?

5. In Chapter Eight, what has become of the members of the Bucktin family since Charlie discovered his mother's affair?

6. How does Jeffrey Lu become a Corrigan cricket legend?

7. How is the town's response to the attack on Mr. Lu different from the abuse that Mrs. Lu suffers?

8. How has Jasper's father done after the death of his mother?

9. During the cricket game in Chapter Six, what is happening between Charlie and Eliza?

10. Who is Mad Jack Lionel, and why has he been calling out to Jasper all these years?

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