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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Nail after arriving to the Center for Children with AIDS?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He vomits and falls asleep.
(c) Alicia cares for his wounds.
(d) He is sent to a safe house.

2. How is Sam Baker connected to Janey?
(a) Janey is the person who gives him work.
(b) Janey is the girl he likes who works at a grocery store.
(c) Janey is his mother's primary caregiver.
(d) Janey is his mother's imaginary friend.

3. Who is Jorge?
(a) The man following Sam Baker.
(b) Alicia's half-brother.
(c) A man who runs a janitorial service.
(d) A volunteer at the Center for Children with AIDS.

4. What does Alicia's lawyer say to her when she first speaks to him in the novel?
(a) That he forgot his umbrella.
(b) That he has good news.
(c) That he has bad news.
(d) That he is running late.

5. Why does Kemel believe that Allah is listening to his prayers?
(a) He receives a blessing and a prediction.
(b) He finds a lucky mark on his clothing.
(c) It appears that Alicia will settle.
(d) The rain stops.

6. What does Yoshio Takita daydream about doing on the day he follows Thomas Clayton?
(a) Retiring in the tropics.
(b) Owning a sushi bar.
(c) Owning a dojo.
(d) Writing a best seller.

7. What does Kemel look at after he finishes his prayers on Monday?
(a) A Victoria's Secret magazine.
(b) A photograph of Alicia at the Center.
(c) Pictures of his home and family.
(d) A doucmentary on whales.

8. What does Milkdud tell Jack he can help him access?
(a) Lab records.
(b) Computer files.
(c) Air ducts.
(d) Personnel records.

9. What best describes the relationship between Gia and Jack at the time the toys are returned?
(a) They are in love, but she refuses to marry him.
(b) They are divorced.
(c) They are only involved professionally.
(d) She likes him, but he views her as a sister.

10. What does the man who molested the girl at the Center say about the incident?
(a) That Alicia is lying.
(b) He refuses to comment.
(c) That Alicia misunderstood what she saw.
(d) That he is sorry.

11. What does Alicia ask Jack to do about her father's house?
(a) Investigate its history.
(b) Stay there.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Guard it.

12. Who does Jack see in Gordon Haffner's office from his air duct?
(a) Kemal and Khalid.
(b) Sam Baker.
(c) Yoshio Takita.
(d) Thomas and Kemal.

13. Who calls Alicia after her lunch meeting?
(a) A therapist.
(b) An arsonist.
(c) Gia.
(d) Sam Baker.

14. What does Jack do with the $15k from Mr. Sung?
(a) Donates it to the Center.
(b) Puts it in an account for Vicky.
(c) Puts it in an offshore account.
(d) Keeps it in a safe in his bedroom.

15. What does Jack want Milkdud to help him do?
(a) Help him defuse a bomb.
(b) Help him break into a building.
(c) Help identify a virus.
(d) Help him hack into a computer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Milkdud tell Jack he got rid of his dreadlocks?

2. Where does Jack go with Gia and Vicky on the day they discuss going to Disney World?

3. What is Alicia's profession?

4. What tempts Jack to go into another line of work, according to his own thoughts, on the day the toys are returned?

5. How did Alicia's father die?

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