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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jem used to present the numbers she saw to her mother?
(a) She would yell them.
(b) She would write them.
(c) She would sing them.
(d) She would whisper them in her ear.

2. When did Jem realize what the numbers were?
(a) When she met Terry.
(b) When her mother died.
(c) When her father explained it to her.
(d) When her sister was born.

3. What does Jem notice first about many of the people at the party?
(a) They won't live long.
(b) They all look scared.
(c) They are happy there.
(d) They are just like her in many ways.

4. How old is Jem at the beginning of the book?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

5. Why has Jem changed schools so many times?
(a) She has been kicked out of foster homes.
(b) She has failed them.
(c) She is looking for her mother.
(d) She runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jem's mother die?

2. How does Jem know that Spider is involved in something illegal?

3. Whose house is the party held at?

4. What does Jem do when Terry gives her a compliment?

5. How does the man with the near death date die?

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