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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jack's mother doing when she met his dad?
(a) Delivering books.
(b) Delivering a cake.
(c) Working in a restaurant.
(d) Working in an office.

2. Why does Early bring tobacco on his trip in the boat with Jack?
(a) To smoke.
(b) For foxglove and oleander.
(c) For ringworm and poison ivy.
(d) To keep away bugs.

3. What is everyone treated to as the regatta is about to begin?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cinnamon rolls.
(c) Hot chocolate.
(d) Donuts.

4. In Chapter 1, how long has it been since Jack has seen his father?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 36 months.

5. Who is Early listening to on his record player in Chapter 9?
(a) Glen Miller.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Frank Sinatra.
(d) Billie Holiday.

6. Where does Jack spend most of the day at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Ocean.
(b) Soccer field.
(c) His room.
(d) Library.

7. Where does Professor Douglas Stanton teach?
(a) Stanford.
(b) MIT.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Harvard.

8. What does Jack feel when he looks at Number 67's photo at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Pride.
(b) Kinship.
(c) Envy.
(d) Pity.

9. What is the name of Early's northern leopard frog?
(a) Froggy.
(b) Bucky.
(c) Mr. Wiggins.
(d) Ribbit.

10. Where is Fisher Auden from?
(a) Newport.
(b) Bethel.
(c) Keene.
(d) Amherst.

11. In Chapter 7 on Friday evening, what are the other boys eating in Sam and Robbie's room?
(a) Pie.
(b) Brownies.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Cake.

12. What is Early doing after Jack wakes from a short nap in Chapter 5?
(a) Typing a rope.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Writing on a board.
(d) Studying.

13. How old was Jack when his father left for the European theater?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

14. What color is Jack's hair?
(a) Rusty red.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Sandy brown.

15. What does Jack do when he first sees the ocean?
(a) Hides his eyes.
(b) Screams.
(c) Throws up.
(d) Runs in the waves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Early sing when his frog dies?

2. When was Jack's mother's funeral?

3. What was likely to drive Pi crazy in "Plights and Perils"?

4. How long has Jack been a member of the National Geographic Society?

5. Jack mentions that whom is from his home state?

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