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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Mike and Dru get back to Mike's car?
(a) They rollerblade.
(b) They walk.
(c) His car is at the beach.
(d) Someone drives them.

2. What is Dru doing at the opening of Chapter One?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Walking her dog.
(c) Talking on the phone.
(d) Playing on the computer.

3. What is the temperature of the water off the Nail like?
(a) Warm.
(b) Cool.
(c) Extremely cold.
(d) Very warm.

4. What happened to the girl who hit the rocks jumping from the Nail?
(a) Broke both her legs.
(b) Broke her back.
(c) Died from a fractured skull.
(d) Nothing.

5. From what school has Dru just graduated?
(a) Los Gatos High.
(b) Pasadena High School.
(c) La Paloma High.
(d) Los Altos High.

6. What does Elisa's house smell like?
(a) Expensive perfume.
(b) Freshly baked apple pie.
(c) Coffee and cigarettes.
(d) Vanilla potpourri.

7. When will Dru be going to Northwestern?
(a) The beginning of September.
(b) Mid-September.
(c) The end of August.
(d) The beginning of August.

8. What does Jeremy say he could not do?
(a) Talk Scooter out of jumping.
(b) Be convinced to jump himself.
(c) Tell Scooter's father.
(d) Call the police.

9. What does Mike say to Dru about his father and Dru's mother?
(a) He talks about his father dating her mother.
(b) He said they were rivals in school.
(c) He said they didn't know each other well.
(d) He said they were best friends.

10. What does Elisa refuse to do?
(a) Jump off the Nail.
(b) Allow Scooter to wear her jacket.
(c) Make eye contact with Dru.
(d) Give Scooter a hug.

11. Where do Dru and Mike go to watch a jump?
(a) On top of his SUV.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the ledge.
(d) At the top of the Nail.

12. In what kind of house does Elisa live?
(a) A mobile home.
(b) A fixer-upper.
(c) In a condominium.
(d) A very expensive ranch style house.

13. What does Hopi look like?
(a) A blond Greek God.
(b) A Japanese.
(c) An Australian surfer.
(d) A Native American.

14. How are most of the kids that are there known to each other?
(a) They are all part of the surfer crowd.
(b) They live in the same neighborhood.
(c) They are almost all seniors.
(d) There is no connection between them.

15. How does Elisa respond to Dru's question?
(a) Says she doesn't need any medicine.
(b) Says she is not pregnant.
(c) Says she might wait a week.
(d) Tells her that her mother is in New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the scene at the Nail look like?

2. Why does Sccoter ask Mike and Dru to drive his motor scooter down to the cliff?

3. What does Diane say to Mike about college?

4. To what college will Mike be going?

5. How does Dru get at the jump site?

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