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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 is Hatton's father's profession?
(a) He is a veterinarian.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a butcher.
(d) He is a teacher.

2. About how long have Travis's parents been divorced when he discovers it in Chapter 29?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

3. What has the Christian Youth Group done for Travis in Chapter 31?
(a) Sorted his fan mail.
(b) Changed his grades.
(c) Made him a painting.
(d) Bought him band equipment.

4. What are the pancakes shaped like that Travis's family eats on Christmas in Chapter 27?
(a) Disney characters.
(b) Stars.
(c) Santa heads.
(d) Christmas trees.

5. Whom does Travis call for advice in Chapter 33?
(a) Turner.
(b) Philip Franklin.
(c) Lawrence Ramsey.
(d) Valerie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Travis take out the box of letters from in Chapter 34?

2. Why has Travis moved away from his college campus in Chapter 27?

3. What is Travis's response when Hatton asks him if everything is okay in the end of Chapter 29?

4. Where does Travis go with his friends in Chapter 35?

5. What is the title of Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection/conversation did Travis and Cate have in Part 6, Chapter 23

2. What is described in the novel's Epilogue?

3. At what point in Chapter 36 does the climax of the narrative occur? Why is this the climax of the story?

4. Where does Matt take Travis and Hatton in Chapter 29? Why?

5. What transformation does Travis undergo in Chapter 35?

6. What circumstances are noted when Cate leaves Travis's home in Chapter 27?

7. What does the conflict between Travis and Turner signify in the narrative?

8. What advice does Lawrence Ramsey offer to Travis in Chapter 29?

9. What do Travis and his mother discuss when Travis returns home in Chapter 28?

10. How does Travis respond when his friends try to convince him of the foolishness of what he's about to do in Chapter 32?

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