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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. In Chapter Seven, what does Eliza say to Charlie about Laura's death?
(a) That no one will ever find the girl's body.
(b) That she (Eliza) is guilty.
(c) That their father is responsible.
(d) That Mad Jack is the murderer.

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

3. 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."

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

5. Why is Jasper's last name Jones, not Lionel?
(a) Rosie gave Jasper her maiden name.
(b) When David and Rosie married, David changed his last name.
(c) That story remains unclear.
(d) Lionel is Rosie's, not David's, father, so the Lionel name would not pass down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has "softened [Charlie and Eliza's] talk about leaving" Corrigan (294)?

2. What derogatory nickname does Jeffrey keep calling Charlie in Chapter Six?

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

4. What does Charlie call his punishment in Chapter Six?

5. Who was attacked at the vigil in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jasper feel so guilty about Laura's death?

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

3. Why has Eliza never told anyone where Laura's body is?

4. Why is Charlie so distressed to learn that his father has written a novel?

5. What are some clues that indicate the novel is set in the 1960s?

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

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

10. What has happened to Jasper's face in Chapter Five?

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