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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 does Keith bring back for Cory?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Money.

2. What does Lauren plan to do for Amy?
(a) Buy her a puppy.
(b) Run away with her.
(c) Throw her a birthday party.
(d) Give her more food.

3. How many dead people does Lauren see on her way to get baptized?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. What family is moving to Olivar?
(a) The Hsus.
(b) The Olaminas.
(c) The Garfields.
(d) The Balters.

5. What is Lauren's stepmother's first language?
(a) Italian.
(b) Portugese.
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cory think the family should move to Olivar?

2. What does Lauren see in the sky?

3. What types of books is Lauren reading?

4. What song does Kayla sing at the service?

5. How far away is Lauren's neighborhood from Los Angeles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Richard Moss' religion.

2. Why do Paints set fire to the park?

3. Why doesn't Zahra and Lauren like each other back in the neighborhood?

4. Why is Lauren convinced that her father is dead?

5. Why does Lauren call President Donner a "human banister"?

6. What are the "rules" of the group that Lauren shares with Grayson?

7. Describe Lauren's dream.

8. What does Zahra say she prefers life with Richard to life with her mother?

9. What is the one paradox in Lauren's philosophy?

10. Why doesn't Bankole want to bury the bones initially?

(see the answer keys)

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