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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 Jessie discover about the common areas of Clifton in Chapter 8?
(a) That they are being filmed by cameras.
(b) That tourists can watch the residents through them.
(c) That they all have an emergency exit.
(d) That they are all guarded.

2. In Chapter 5, what does Ma show Jessie in her bag?
(a) A bottle of pills.
(b) A stack of money.
(c) A pair of jeans.
(d) A notebook.

3. Who does Ma say forced the quarantine signs to be taken off of doors in Clifton?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Mr. Seward and Mr. Clifton.
(c) Clifton and his men.
(d) Pa and the doctor.

4. What do visitors do with the haunted trees?
(a) They climb them.
(b) They chop them down.
(c) They stand inside them.
(d) They can record video from behind them.

5. What does Jessie do when Nicole asks her to visit the gift shop in Chapter 9?
(a) She asks Nicole where the door is.
(b) She says she has to go.
(c) She agrees to go with Nicole.
(d) She runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jessie describe a toilet in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 10, how does Jessie feel about the birds?

3. How many children are in Jessie's family?

4. Why does Jessie say Mr. Steward once spanked her?

5. Why does Jessie join the group of middle school students in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jessie think when she first sees a row of school buses?

2. In Chapter 8, how does Jessie almost give away her true identity?

3. What does Ma tell Jessie after they leave the Bentons' in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 8, what does Jessie realize about her life in Clifton?

5. What upsets Jessie about the middle school student visitors she meets?

6. When Jessie sees the Clifton school house from the outside in Chapter 9, what happens?

7. In Chapter 1, how is Clifton described?

8. After watching Clifton from the outside point of view, what does Jessie think of people in 1996?

9. What does Ma reveal to Jessie about Clifton?

10. What does Ma give Jessie before she leaves Clifton?

(see the answer keys)

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