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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. What does Taylor's father do for a living?
(a) He's a real estate agent.
(b) He's a police officer.
(c) He's an engineer.
(d) He's a loan officer at a bank.

2. Which of the following is Not part of the bet Taylor tires to make on the fight between Corky and Michael?
(a) Loser has to wear Taylor's skirt.
(b) Loser has to dance on a table during lunch.
(c) Twenty dollars on the winner.
(d) Loser has to carry the winner's books.

3. What are the radio hosts talking about when Michael's alarm goes off?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Bullies.
(c) Butter.
(d) Bananaphobia.

4. What does Taylor say she was doing the first time she used her power?
(a) Eating dinner with her dad.
(b) Playing basketball with her brother.
(c) Watching a movie with a friend.
(d) Pretending to be a wizard casting a spell.

5. What do police tell Michael about the gun Clyde Stuart was carrying?
(a) It was a toy.
(b) It wasn't loaded.
(c) It was ready to fire.
(d) The safety was on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the message that comes over the PA system while Michael, Taylor, and Ostin are standing near Taylor's locker?

2. What does Dr. Hatch say his purpose is in holding the electric children?

3. What does Ostin say Michael could paralyze with the eight hundred, sixty-four volts he produced?

4. What did Michael have for his birthday breakfast?

5. Why does Dr. Hatch say he wears the sunglasses?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Vey discover that Ostin knows about Michael's electric power?

2. What is the conversation when Ostin calls Taylor and Michael "mutants?"

3. What was the situation that caused Michael to be in detention when the class was studying Greek mythology?

4. What had Mitchell, Wade, and Jack done to humiliate Ostin, and how long had it taken for Ostin to live it down?

5. What happened when Michael was bullied at Churchill Junior High School?

6. According to Michael, what makes him different from the reader?

7. Who visits Michael the evening after he's released from the hospital? What do they tell him?

8. What is the basic information from the newspaper article Ostin finds related to the Pasadena Hospital?

9. Describe the scene between Michael and his mother the evening after Michael shocks Mitchell, Wade, and Jack.

10. What does Michael say happened at the only other party he'd been invited to since he had moved to Idaho?

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