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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. In Chapter 21, how many goats are in a pen giving birth when Simon and Kevin arrive at the Van der Zwaan farm?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

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

4. How long after the school shooting Simon endured was the school reopened?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 8 weeks.

5. What time does Simon wake and not get back to sleep in Chapter 15?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 3:30 a.m.
(c) 4:30 a.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day did a gunman enter Simon's school on May 15, two years ago?

2. What color is embalming fluid?

3. In Chapter 16, where do Kevin and his mom go for the science fair regionals?

4. What statue is near the side door of St. Barbara's?

5. What is the name of the dentists' office in Grin And Bear It?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Simon think they run into a space alien when he and Kevin take the microwave to Agate's treehouse?

2. In Chapter 21, what is going on at Agate's when Simon and Kevin bicycle to the farm?

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

4. How does Kevin learn that Simon is a survivor of a school shooting?

5. How does Simon describe the school shooting?

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

7. How do Agate and Simon lure the emus back to Mr. Bashott's farm?

8. In Chapter 20, why does Simon leave church early?

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

10. Who figures out how to make the microwave run while it is open, and how do they make it run when it is open?

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