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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. What new grown-up skill has Charlie acquired in Chapter Eight?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Editing.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Mowing.

2. What does Jasper say in Chapter Seven will happen if Charlie and Eliza leave with him?
(a) Jasper will be accused of kidnapping the other two.
(b) Wesley Bucktin will have Jasper hunted down.
(c) Pete Wishart will be relieved.
(d) Jasper will be reunited with his dad.

3. Whom do Eliza and Charlie NOT encounter on their walk to the glade in Chapter Seven?
(a) Jasper Jones.
(b) Ruth Bucktin.
(c) Drunk couples.
(d) The sarge.

4. How has Jasper Jones's father NOT coped with the death of his mother?
(a) He cuts town every chance he gets.
(b) He drinks himself into oblivion.
(c) He has blown his athletic career.
(d) He takes excellent care of Jasper's needs.

5. What item in Mad Jack's house frightens Charlie in Chapter Seven?
(a) Doilies.
(b) A Knife.
(c) A rifle.
(d) Photographs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How could the following use of rhetorical device be described: "the world is aflame...the sun is a giant red ball...the sky is...stunning and clear" (231)?

3. Whom does Mad Jack admit to killing in Chapter Seven?

4. After the cricket match in Chapter Six, what has Jeffrey become to the town of Corrigan?

5. Which character is NOT a possible witness to Charlie and Eliza's first kiss?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Charlie and Eliza encounter as they walk toward Jasper's glade in Chapter Seven?

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

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

7. How long is Charlie grounded in Chapter Six, and how does he spend that time?

8. How has the relationship between Charlie and Wesley Bucktin changed?

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

10. How is the attack on Mrs. Lu an example of the social injustice that is so prominent in Corrigan?

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