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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. Where did Will’s dad find the guy who had killed Uncle Mark?
(a) Selling drugs on Uncle Mike’s corner.
(b) At the bar.
(c) Crying at Uncle Mike’s grave.
(d) At the convenience store.

2. What had Shawn been telling Buck the day that Buck died?
(a) That Shawn wanted to get into music.
(b) That Shawn wanted to go into business with Buck.
(c) That a guy from the Dark Suns had bothered Shawn.
(d) That Shawn was not sure if he would get into the college he applied for.

3. Who had Uncle Mark cast to play the parts in his movie as Will says in Chapter Four?
(a) Will’s dad, Mikey, and a girl that Uncle Mark used to date.
(b) Will’s dad, Mikey, and mom, Shari.
(c) Will’s dad, Tommy, and mom, Shari.
(d) Will’s dad, Mikey, and Uncle Mark’s wife.

4. What does Will do out of fear with the gun to his head in Chapter Five?
(a) Pee his pants.
(b) Tell his dad he forgives him.
(c) Hug his dad.
(d) Sing.

5. Who is the guy who gets onto the elevator in Chapter Four?
(a) Mikey.
(b) Buck.
(c) Charles Mingus.
(d) Uncle Mark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Shawn told Will their dad was killed?

2. What had Buck become after Will’s dad had died as said in Chapter Six?

3. What does the guy who get onto the elevator do in Chapter Four?

4. What had Will’s dad done after Uncle Mark was killed as told by Chapter Five?

5. What did Uncle Mark do when his video camera was lost?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter Six, what had happened when Frick tried to rob Buck? How had Shawn learned what had happened?

2. How had Shawn come to know how their dad had passed on as told in Chapter Five? How had Buck become for Shawn after Mikey Holloman had died?

3. How does Will feel realizing his father shot the wrong guy as told in Chapter Five? How had he imagined his father?

4. Who finishes the scene for Will in Chapter Four? What does Will feel when he echoes the ending?

5. According to Chapter Six, why was Shawn upset as he tells to Buck? What does Buck do to comfort him?

6. Why does Frick try to rob Buck as told in Chapter Six? Why do other people not try to rob Buck?

7. What does Will feel like telling his dad in Chapter Five? Why does he keep it inside?

8. In Chapter Four, what does Will remember when he realizes the guy who gets onto the elevator is Uncle Mark?

9. How does Frick justify his killing Buck in Chapter Six? How do the other men in the elevator respond?

10. What does Uncle Mark start doing to get a new video camera in Chapter Four? Why does he do this?

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