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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. Why are the other teenagers at the Nail different from Dru?
(a) They all belong to the football team or cheerleading squad.
(b) They are not members of the National Honor Society.
(c) They are rich and wear designer clothing.
(d) They come from the lower valley.

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

3. How does Scooter seem before the jump?
(a) Angry.
(b) Very carefree.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Indifferent.

4. To what college will Mike be going?
(a) San Jose State.
(b) San Diego State.
(c) Foothill College.
(d) Pasadena Junior College.

5. What does Jeremy tell Dru?
(a) He called Scooter last night.
(b) He talked to Scooter this morning.
(c) He has been talking to Scooter all week.
(d) He talked to Scooter at lunch yesterday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dru tell Elisa when Elisa gets ready to leave the house?

2. How does Dru get to talk to Elisa?

3. What does Dru do before Scooter jumps?

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

5. What does Dru wonder about with the crowd around her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Dru run into while walking her dog and what does the person ask her and say to her?

2. How does Diane feel about Mike?

3. What does Dru do after Elisa falls asleep and how does she feel about her dad?

4. What does Dru do when she gets to Elisa's house and how does she take care of Elisa?

5. How is Elisa awoken after Dru had put her to bed and what does she do about Scooter's invitation? How does Dru react?

6. What do Scooter and Elisa bring to the Nail with them, how is Scooter feeling, how does Elisa react to Dru and what does Scooter go do?

7. What happens when Dru shows Elisa the mangled boot?

8. Where do Dru and Mike go at the beginning of Chapter Two, what is it like there, who else is there, and what does Dru hope?

9. What does Hopi say about jumping?

10. How does Dru get to talk to Elisa, what does Dru say to her and what is her response?

(see the answer keys)

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