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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 Jack eat alone in his room the evening after the regatta?
(a) Blueberry pie.
(b) Cherry pie.
(c) Apple pie.
(d) Peach pie.

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

3. What happens when Jack gets halfway across the Dinosaur Log?
(a) He hears boys coming.
(b) It begins to rain.
(c) He hears someone talking.
(d) It gets windy.

4. Who helped Early bring the "Maine" to the hall near his workshop?
(a) Mr. Wallace.
(b) Headmaster Conrady.
(c) Professor Blane.
(d) Professor Stanton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Fisher Auden and his companions when they died?

2. What place does Early come in during the regatta?

3. What is Jack's grandfather's military rank?

4. Where is Fisher Auden from?

5. How long has Pi in Early's story lived by the sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack say about his father and grandfather in the Prologue?

2. How does Jack feel the night after the regatta?

3. How does Preston describe Early at lunch in Chapter 3?

4. How do the after-school hours blend together for Jack and Early?

5. How does Jack describe his bed after his father makes it for him?

6. What does Early ask Jack at the beginning of Chapter 11, and why does Jack decline?

7. What is Jack's trip like to Maine?

8. What does Jack hear and how does it make him feel at the beginning of Chapter 9?

9. What messages did Jack get at the beginning of Chapter 12?

10. What does Jack realize when he looks out his window at the end of Chapter 12?

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