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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Greg call what Earl does when he is trying to be disgusting?
(a) The Vomit Maker.
(b) Disgust-o-rama.
(c) Slick and sick.
(d) Full-on Gross-Out Mode.

2. In Chapter 14, Greg says that his plan to be groupless and friendless is failing. Why?
(a) Greg has grown tired of not having friends and happily spends time with Rachel and her friends.
(b) Greg now has two friends he spends a great deal of time with - Rachel and Earl.
(c) Greg has learned it is not possible to be groupless and friendless in high school.
(d) With how much time he spends with Rachel outside of school, he could not keep ignoring her during school.

3. In A Note from Greg Gaines, Author of this Book, the fictional author confesses to not knowing what?
(a) What he is doing with his life.
(b) How to make a film or why he is even creating a film at all.
(c) How to write a book or why he is even writing it at all.
(d) Why his friend had to get cancer and die.

4. How many films have Greg and Earl made?
(a) Forty-two.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Fifty-seven.
(d) Eight.

5. How does Greg introduce himself to Rachel?
(a) As the Romeo to her Juliet.
(b) As the alien from Mars.
(c) As the Zombie Hug Monster.
(d) As her long-lost love.

6. In Chapter 10, what horrible mistake does Greg realize as he heads over to Rachel’s house?
(a) He does not remember her address.
(b) He had told her that he used to have a crush on her.
(c) He is afraid of her mom.
(d) He forgot to tell her he was coming over.

7. Why does Greg not have any friends in middle school?
(a) Greg would panic in social situations.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Earl is a loner.
(d) Greg did not share much in common with his classmates.

8. How does Greg describe his father and mother?
(a) His father is unkind, and his mother is abusive.
(b) His father is an introvert, and his mother is an extrovert.
(c) His father is smart, and his mother is kind.
(d) His father is weird, and his mother is a very Jewish ex-hippie.

9. What is the first of Victor’s movies that the boys watch?
(a) The Birds.
(b) Clockwork Orange.
(c) The Wrath of God II.
(d) Aguirre, the Wrath of God.

10. What is Problem 1 with Earl's home life, according to Greg?
(a) There are not enough video games.
(b) There is little money.
(c) There is a great deal of noise and trash.
(d) The family is not very much into education.

11. How does Greg describe Earl?
(a) He is tall and handsome.
(b) He is short and looks very young.
(c) He is short and fat.
(d) He is skinny and looks like a grownup.e

12. How do the boys get ahold of a video camera?
(a) They save up their money and buy one.
(b) They steal one from the AV department at school.
(c) They borrow one from Earl's brother.
(d) From Greg's dad when he buys one for work.

13. What is the reason, according to Greg, for why there is no clique at the top of the hierarchy?
(a) There are so many small sub-cliques, that no one group is strong enough or popular enough to be at the top of the hierarchy.
(b) All the kids at his school get along and see no need to have one clique at the top.
(c) Several cliques have equal numbers and power, so they share the top position.
(d) There are not enough rich kids, who are typically at the top of the high school clique hierarchy.

14. In Chapter 1, the fictitious author, Greg, wants the reader to keep in mind that high school is the worst other than possibly what?
(a) Middle school.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) Infancy.
(d) Adulthood.

15. What is the title Earl wants to give the second movie he and Greg make?
(a) Earl, Wrath of God II.
(b) Aguirre, Wrath of God II.
(c) Earl and Greg's Excellent Adventure.
(d) High School Sucks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Greg ask Rachel about the posters up in her room?

2. What are Problems 2 and 3 regarding Earls' home life, according the Greg?

3. How does Greg manage to get away from Mariah?

4. Where does Greg live?

5. Why does Rachel beg Greg to stop talking?

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