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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. In Chapter 13, who does Early think Billie Holiday would have been friends with?
(a) Strauss.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Copland.
(d) Mozart.

2. What is the weather like in Chapter 11?
(a) Raining.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Sleet.
(d) Windy.

3. What does Early sing when his frog dies?
(a) "Day is Done."
(b) "Rock of Ages."
(c) "Up a Lazy River."
(d) "Amazing Grace."

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

5. How did Jack's mother die?
(a) Bad fall.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Brain aneurysm.
(d) Tumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Early bring tobacco on his trip in the boat with Jack?

2. In Chapter 7 on Friday evening, what are the other boys eating in Sam and Robbie's room?

3. Where is Jack's father stationed in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 10, how long is it before the Morton Hill Regatta?

5. In Chapter 1, how long has it been since Jack has seen his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Early wearing and doing when Jack sees him at the beginning of Chapter 13?

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

3. Why does Jack think Morton Hill Academy must have been a military school?

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

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

6. What is Early's room like?

7. What are some shrines or temples in Jack's hometown in Kansas?

8. What is Professor Stanton's theory that pi ends based upon?

9. Where does Jack spend most of his second day at Morton Hill Academy?

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

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