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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Ezra thank Nyle?
(a) For helping him recover.
(b) For sticking by him.
(c) For her understanding.
(d) For the puppy.

2. What does Nyle choose to do?
(a) Write about Anne Frank.
(b) Memorize the Gettysburg Address.
(c) Read about how the atom was discovered.
(d) Study Ben Franklin's comments on the Constitution.

3. What is a word that might describe Ezra?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Flourishing.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Indifferent.

4. How does Mr. Perry reassure Nyle?
(a) By saying that he will be discreet.
(b) By saying that what though what her family is doing is illegal, it is noble.
(c) By telling her that he is sure she can win the scholarship.
(d) By telling her that she will write a fine speech.

5. After Ezra leaves the kitchen, what does Nyle do?
(a) Cries.
(b) Goes to feed Shep.
(c) Goes to check on the sheep.
(d) Reads his paper.

6. Who does Nyle talk about who was a carpenter?
(a) Her father.
(b) Mr. Harris.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her grandfather.

7. What does Nyle do to remind herself of Ezra?
(a) Do a drawing of him from memory.
(b) Look at a picture she took of him.
(c) Go and cuddle with Shep.
(d) Lie in his bed.

8. How does the back bedroom look now?
(a) Less like an infirmary and more like a healthy teenage boy's room.
(b) The same as always.
(c) Like a library.
(d) Like a woodworking shop.

9. What does she do after sitting down?
(a) She tries to talk to Muncie.
(b) She tells her seatmate about her new puppy.
(c) She starts studying for her history exam.
(d) She puts on her headset and listens to music.

10. How does Ezra begin healing emotionally?
(a) He has not yet begun that healing process.
(b) He sees a counselor.
(c) He tells Nyle much of what is bothering him about the accident.
(d) He watches a special on the TV about the accident and sobs.

11. Why does Ripley start crying?
(a) He confesses that his dog dies of radiation poisoning.
(b) Ezra hit him really hard.
(c) Muncie says he probably killed his own dog.
(d) Nyle calls him a bully.

12. Where does Gran take the Trents to see about some government assistance?
(a) Boston.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Montpelier.
(d) Cookshire.

13. What happens to Ezra as they walk towards the house?
(a) Ezra tenses.
(b) Ezra falls.
(c) Nyle sees a strange car in the driveway.
(d) Nyle trips and falls.

14. What does Ezra describe so well?
(a) How he had to respond to one bully.
(b) The way the English teacher read a silly poem.
(c) The kids he met at school so that Nyle can tell him their names.
(d) The reaction of the boys when Nyle went out on the tennis court.

15. What does Ezra ask about the puppy?
(a) Who did Nyle give it to.
(b) Where it is hidden.
(c) Why it is outside.
(d) What Nyle named it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Muncie say about Ezra?

2. Who enters the kitchen as Gran and Nyle are talking?

3. Why does Nyle lunge towards Ripley?

4. What does Nyle do when the two arrive at school?

5. What does the puppy do on its second night with the sheep?

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