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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the numbers that Jem sees indicate?
(a) When people were born.
(b) Where people are from.
(c) When people will die.
(d) How people are feeling.

2. When does Jem see the dates?
(a) When the date is near.
(b) When she says a chant in her head.
(c) When the death will affect her.
(d) When she looks people in the eye.

3. Why does Jem cut her hair?
(a) She is upset about Spider's impending death.
(b) She is nervous about the explosion.
(c) She is very hot.
(d) She wants to make Spider mad.

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

5. What caused the explosion?
(a) A missile.
(b) A gas leak.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A chemical reaction.

6. What makes Jem leave the barn she hides in at night?
(a) The pretty animals.
(b) Some sirens.
(c) Her fear.
(d) Spider's body odor.

7. What is Spider suspended for?
(a) Being rude to the teacher.
(b) Truency.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Not turning in homework.

8. How does Spider initially respond to hearing about Jem's power?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He tries to fight her.
(c) He doesn't believe her.
(d) He holds her close.

9. Where is Jem when she sees something explode?
(a) In her room.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) On a bridge.
(d) Near the canal.

10. Why does Jem tell Spider about her power?
(a) All of these.
(b) He is the closest thing she has had to a friend.
(c) He knows something is strange about her.
(d) He realizes she knew about the explosion.

11. What makes Jem think she and Spider are meant to be friends?
(a) She can't avoid him.
(b) He knows her power.
(c) She feels close to him.
(d) He cares about her.

12. Who does Jem threaten at school?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) John.

13. What does the man with the near death date ask Jem for?
(a) Some change.
(b) A phone.
(c) A hug.
(d) Directions.

14. What does Spider think of Jem's haircut?
(a) It is cool.
(b) It is manly.
(c) It is pretty.
(d) It is ugly.

15. How did Jem's mother die?
(a) She was attacked at home.
(b) She was in a car accident.
(c) She overdosed on drugs.
(d) She fell down the stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spider call Jem when he learns of her power?

2. How long is Spider suspended for?

3. What does Spider say he wants to do with his life while hiking?

4. Where is Jem's favorite haunt?

5. Where is Spider when he first kisses Jem?

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