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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the children begin chasing the dog?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Jason is hit by a car.
(c) The dog is hit by a car.
(d) The dog gets away.

2. What happens when Matt and Lizabeth ignore the intruder in the back yard?
(a) He begins yelling obscenities at them.
(b) He throws a shoe through the window.
(c) He leaves.
(d) He begins to cry.

3. Why is Lizabeth shocked by Matt's appearance when he tells her he can't go home?
(a) He looks exhausted and unhappy.
(b) He looks like a CEO.
(c) He looks like himself but doesn't sound like himself.
(d) He looks like he's been dragged through the mud.

4. What does Matt say he is going to do with the rest of the money he had set aside?
(a) Take them all on a trip to the Caribbean.
(b) Put it in a college fund for Jason and Billy.
(c) Renovate the carriage house into an apartment for Elsie.
(d) Build a house.

5. What do the boys put in the microwave at their dad's house?
(a) A metal container.
(b) A raw egg still in the shell.
(c) An uncovered bowl of spaghetti sauce.
(d) A cat.

6. How many brothers does Matt have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

7. What is the intruder's name?
(a) Charles.
(b) Darren.
(c) Paul.
(d) Richard.

8. What is the name of the neighbor whose house Lizabeth disparages in Chapter 7?
(a) Noogie Newsome.
(b) Brad Mainer.
(c) Tom Walason.
(d) Vinnie Vincent.

9. What does Lizabeth say about the man Matt thinks is the intruder?
(a) That the man couldn't possibly be the intruder.
(b) That the man waves like the intruder.
(c) That the man is the intruder.
(d) That she couldn't possibly know if he is the intruder.

10. When did the inspection sticker on Lizabeth's car expire?
(a) Three years prior.
(b) It hadn't.
(c) Two years prior.
(d) One year prior.

11. What does Elsie see when she enters the living room after returning from her trip?
(a) A new refrigerator.
(b) A huge hole in the couch.
(c) New carpeting.
(d) A broken window.

12. What does Matt ask Lizabeth to do in return for helping her exercise?
(a) Let him live with her until the intruder has been captured.
(b) Teach him to cook.
(c) Clean his house.
(d) Let him live with her.

13. Who does Matt say tackled him when he ran out of the house naked?
(a) The tree in the yard.
(b) The Keystone Kops.
(c) The intruder.
(d) Nosy neighbors.

14. What do the furniture people do with Lizabeth's double bed?
(a) Take it away for disposal.
(b) Put it by the road for trash pickup.
(c) Toss it in the junk heap.
(d) Put it in Jason's room.

15. What is waiting at Lizabeth's house when she and Matt return from their run?
(a) The police.
(b) Elsie and the boys.
(c) The intruder.
(d) Paul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lizabeth claims that she did Matt's laundry for what reason?

2. Why does Matt refuse to watch the movie?

3. In Chapter 7, where does Lizabeth say Matt's home is?

4. What does Lizabeth say the people in her neighborhood do as an intellectual pursuit?

5. What does Lizabeth notice in the neighbor's crab apple tree?

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