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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Derek do after the game?
(a) He took Greg over to his friends to show him off.
(b) He cried.
(c) He asked for a photo with Greg.
(d) He ran away.

2. When were Carver and Latimer playing each other again?
(a) They wouldn't have to play again.
(b) At the Tournament of Champions.
(c) The following week.
(d) The next day.

3. How did Greg respond to his opponent's taunting during the game?
(a) He walked off the court.
(b) He didn't let it affect him.
(c) His game faltered.
(d) He shoved his opponent.

4. What was Grandma doing when Greg went to visit her after his camera disappeared?
(a) She was sleeping.
(b) She was doing crafts in the art room.
(c) She was yelling at the doctor.
(d) She was sitting up eating ice cream.

5. What did Greg tell Ducky after the game?
(a) He should not quit team.
(b) He had absolutely no talent.
(c) He did a fantastic job on the court.
(d) He should quit the team.

6. Goldy tell Greg to play for ________________.
(a) The coach.
(b) Derek.
(c) Himself.
(d) Goldy.

7. How did Greg feel about his SAT score?
(a) He thought they were all right.
(b) He was amazed at how well he did.
(c) He was depressed by the score.
(d) He cried.

8. What was unusual about Derek when Greg went home?
(a) He had a limp.
(b) He wouldn't stop talking.
(c) He was quieter than usual.
(d) He had a fever.

9. What role did Derek have when Greg was making his movie?
(a) He was the gopher.
(b) He was in charge of getting permissions signed.
(c) He was supposed to stay out of the way.
(d) He was the assistant.

10. Greg compared crack to ______________.
(a) Having AIDS.
(b) A long, dark tunnel.
(c) A playground slide.
(d) A vibrant party.

11. What turned Nick away from Greg?
(a) His poverty.
(b) His attitude.
(c) His game.
(d) His drug habit.

12. Why was Grandma sent home from the hospital?
(a) The family couldn't afford the hospital bills.
(b) She wasn't doing worse or better.
(c) They thought she had a bad attitude.
(d) They decided to treat her condition nutritionally.

13. What did Greg tell Ice that he looked like?
(a) Like he was Pig Pen
(b) A hoodlum
(c) A lawyer
(d) Like he was going to Hollywood

14. What was the strategy for beating Carver, according to Greg?
(a) They had to knock out Brothers.
(b) They had to knock out Ice.
(c) They had to work as a team.
(d) They had to get the ball to him.

15. Why did Latimer think they were going to win against Carver?
(a) They knew they were faster.
(b) They had beaten them the last time.
(c) Ice was injured.
(d) Greg told them they would.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Moms and Pops fighting about?

2. What happened in the last second of the game against Trinity?

3. Why was Derek depressed?

4. Who defended Greg to Parrish?

5. How did Greg feel about the truth in his life?

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