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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. Where is Jem's favorite haunt?
(a) Her basement.
(b) Behind the school.
(c) Near the canal.
(d) In an alley.

2. What vehicle scares Jem and Spider in the night?
(a) Truck.
(b) Helicopter.
(c) Plane.
(d) Motorcycle.

3. How does Spider plan to spend the nights on his way to the coast?
(a) In hotels.
(b) Using empty tourist homes.
(c) Sleeping in the car.
(d) By camping.

4. Who is Karen?
(a) A nun.
(b) A counsellor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A foster mother.

5. Who goes with Jem when she follows the man with the near death date?
(a) Val.
(b) Spider.
(c) Eva.
(d) Jeremy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Jem been walking when she asks for a rest?

2. What question does Spider promise to never ask Jem again?

3. How does Spider initially respond to hearing about Jem's power?

4. What does Jem say she will never use her powers for Spider for?

5. What does Spider say Jem saved him from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jem tell Mr. McNulty she wants to be when she grows up?

2. Why does Jem not take up the offer of the woman in town who knows she is a run away?

3. Why does Jem say she never wants children?

4. Why does Spider steal a car to get out of the city?

5. How does the dance in the rain change Jem?

6. How does Jem feel after she destroys everything she owns, and why?

7. What idea does Jem wrestle with after saving Spider in the woods?

8. How does Spider calm Jem's fears about the cows?

9. How is Karen different for Jem than other people who had her position?

10. What does Val say when she first meets Jem?

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