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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 color extension cord does Doc Matapang allow Kevin, Simon,and Agate to borrow?
(a) Black.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Orange.

2. During the last week of seventh grade, what day of the week is there a tornado?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.

3. What color robes does Kevin wear when he serves as alar boy?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

4. What are on the steps of the school when Simon arrives on the last day?
(a) 3 teddy bears, flowers, and candles.
(b) Crosses, flowers, and candles.
(c) Paper cranes, flowers, and candles.
(d) 6 stuffed animals, flowers, and candles.

5. What does Doc Matapang make Simon in Chapter 16?
(a) Mais con hielo.
(b) Sorbetes.
(c) Sago't gulaman.
(d) Halo halo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tree is Onyx climbing when Simon and Kevin bike to the Van der Zwaan farm in Chapter 21?

2. Who is Martin talking to on the phone when Simon comes home from school early in Chapter 19?

3. In Chapter 21, how many goats are in a pen giving birth when Simon and Kevin arrive at the Van der Zwaan farm?

4. What color extension cord does Simon borrow from his parents?

5. On what highway did Curtis lose a body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Simon describe the school shooting?

2. What is it like at the Van der Zwaan farm when Isobel and Simon come to help with the emus?

3. Why is Simon alone at church in Chapter 20?

4. Why does Saint Barbara's catch on fire even though they have a lightning rod?

5. How does Doc Matapang make a halo halo for Simon?

6. Why does Simon not go to school on the last day of the year?

7. How is Mister Missing Body Semple related to other people in Grin And Bear It?

8. What do Simon and Kevin talk about after church in Chapter 20?

9. What is Run Across America?

10. After the school shooting, how did Isobel get a reporter named Kathy Catchpole to stop writing about the shooting?

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