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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. Why do Conrad and Karen get together in Chapter 7?
(a) To get ice cream together.
(b) To give her back a book he borrowed.
(c) To catch a movie.
(d) To get a soda together.

2. What do Cal and Conrad buy in chapter 13?
(a) A set of golf clubs.
(b) A car.
(c) A bouquet of flowers for Jeanine.
(d) A Christmas tree.

3. Where do Beth and Cal go together in chapter 8?
(a) Dinner party.
(b) Golf tournament.
(c) Meeting at Conrad's school.
(d) Therapist.

4. What does Cal reflect on in chapter 6?
(a) His mentor in law school.
(b) His own therapist.
(c) His mentor in medical school.
(d) His own stay at a mental hospital.

5. What does Cal want to believe?
(a) That Conrad will get better.
(b) That Jordan will come back to them.
(c) That somebody can fix his family.
(d) That somebody can help him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 14, how does Conrad feel about what he said to Beth?

2. Who does Conrad ride to school with in chapter 3?

3. How does Conrad spend his birthday?

4. What group or event does Conrad want to quit?

5. What does Conrad wait to do after the other boys are done?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cal want to get Conrad a car for Christmas?

2. How was attention called to Conrad's issues before he went to the mental hospital?

3. According to Conrad, how does Beth feel about him?

4. What are Conrad's feelings about getting a car for Christmas?

5. In chapter 14, what does Dr. Berger suggest the real problem is?

6. What does Conrad's dream of being confined in a tunnel represent?

7. How is Conrad's confidence boosted at the library?

8. What does Conrad use as an excuse to quit the swim team?

9. In chapter 6, what do Cal and Beth fight about?

10. What makes Cal wonder why Conrad would ever want to kill himself?

(see the answer keys)

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