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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silly do before she leaves Katie's house on her birthday?
(a) Begs Katie to come to her house some day.
(b) Finds all the empty tin cans to recycle.
(c) Fills some water jugs to take home.
(d) Takes the used tissues out of their garbage.

2. Who is called when the power goes out at the hatchery?
(a) Katie's father.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The power company.
(d) Mr. Lyndon.

3. Where does Katie's family go on vacation at the end of the book?
(a) Maine.
(b) Florida.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

4. What does Katie's father use to break something when he is angry?
(a) A rock.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) His fists.
(d) A two-by-four.

5. Who does Katie invite to go camping with her after Lynn gets sick?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Amber.
(c) Kim.
(d) Silly.

6. What does Katie's father break when he is angry?
(a) A tree at the picnic site.
(b) Mr. Lyndon's car.
(c) The bathroom mirror.
(d) Lynn's bedroom door.

7. What does Katie's mother feed Lynn every day when she gets out of the hospital?
(a) Kimchie.
(b) Liver.
(c) Broccoli.
(d) Steak.

8. Who comes to watch Katie and Sammy while Lynn is at the hospital?
(a) Mrs. Kilgore.
(b) Fumi and Katsu.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Mortori.
(d) Mrs. Kanagawa.

9. How long do Buddhists say it takes for the spirit to leave the earth after the body dies?
(a) 39 days.
(b) 29 days.
(c) 49 days.
(d) 59 days.

10. What do Katie and her father eat after Lynn dies?
(a) Tacos.
(b) Fries.
(c) Won-tons.
(d) Burgers.

11. What does Katie see in a trash can at the hatchery that she hides from Sammy?
(a) Blood.
(b) Needles.
(c) Broken eggs.
(d) Dead chicks.

12. What do Katie's parents talk about at night after the picnic?
(a) How angry they are about the accident.
(b) About how much money they owe the hospital.
(c) How kind Hank was to them.
(d) What they need to do for their children.

13. Who builds the box for Lynn's altar?
(a) Katsu.
(b) Katie.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

14. How long does the helpful man stay with the family at the hospital?
(a) Until the parents arrive.
(b) Until they are able to go home.
(c) Until Katie stops crying.
(d) Until they get an update on Sammy's condition.

15. What month is Lynn put into the bigger hospital?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the picnic take place?

2. What happens that cuts the power at the hatchery?

3. What is Lynn's eulogy supposed to end with?

4. What does Katie's father do that gets him fired?

5. What does Katie's father see that makes him angry?

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