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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jared learn about his dad's insurance money in Chapter 13: "Oxydipal Complex"?
(a) He has been receiving it all along.
(b) The insurance company cancelled his checks.
(c) The insurance company dropped him.
(d) He never received it in the first place.

2. What does Jared like to do with his friends, Kelsey and Blake?
(a) Get stoned and play video games.
(b) Get stoned and prank call people.
(c) Drink alcohol and throw rocks from a cliff.
(d) Go for a run, training for the track team.

3. Who is Destiny?
(a) Jared's step-mother.
(b) A girl at Jared's school.
(c) Jared's pregnant cousin.
(d) Jared's step-sister.

4. Why does Dylan need a ride home from Jared in Chapter 9: "Cooking With Ebony"?
(a) Dylan got in a car accident and needs to get home.
(b) Dylan's car has a flat tire, and he is late for work.
(c) Dylan's car is out of gas, and he is late going to Ebony's house.
(d) He is drunk and has practice the next morning.

5. What does George request to be called?
(a) Crash.
(b) Crashpad.
(c) Crash Landing.
(d) Crash Course.

6. Where does Jared wake up at the beginning of Chapter 19: "Adventures at the All Native"?
(a) Motel.
(b) His own room.
(c) Dylan's backyard.
(d) Crashpad's house.

7. When visiting his mom's friends in Prince Rupert, what game do the other kids invite Jared to play with them?
(a) Gin rummy.
(b) Tag.
(c) Truth or Dare.
(d) Hide-and-Seek.

8. What does Sarah insinuate about Dylan in Chapter 22: "Ragged-Ass Road" that makes Jared uncomfortable?
(a) That Dylan stole money from Jared.
(b) That Dylan stole one of Jared's shirts.
(c) That Dylan has a crush on Jared.
(d) That Dylan has started a rumor about Jared at school.

9. What happens to the trilobites at the end of Chapter 11: "Requiem For the Trilobites"?
(a) They move onto land and change shape.
(b) Most of them die, but about 10% live on.
(c) They become extinct.
(d) They move to another ocean.

10. In Chapter 16: "Rockstar," who is Sarah?
(a) Jared's aunt.
(b) Destiny's best friend.
(c) Mrs. Jak's granddaughter.
(d) Dylan's sister.

11. Who is one of Jared's mother's ex-boyfriends whom she now has a restraining order against?
(a) Death Threat.
(b) Philip.
(c) David.
(d) Jim-Bob.

12. What does Nana Anita call Jared?
(a) A thief.
(b) A cutie.
(c) A trickster.
(d) A good boy.

13. What does Jared's mom say at then end of Chapter 22: "Ragged-Ass Road" when she returns after being gone for months and Jared apologizes?
(a) "Of course I forgive you, you jerk" (175).
(b) "I don't believe you" (175).
(c) "No words. Let's just move forward" (175).
(d) "You aren't sorry. But you will be" (175).

14. How many years ago does Chapter 11: "Requiem For the Trilobites," take place?
(a) 200 centuries.
(b) 2 centuries.
(c) 252 million.
(d) 200,000.

15. Who spends the night at Jared's house in Chapter 21: "Home Alone"?
(a) Crashpad.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Dylan.
(d) Ebony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nana Anita once give Jared as a gift for his birthday?

2. Where does Dylan end up sleeping at the end of Chapter 19: "Adventures of the All Natives"?

3. Where is Jared's room in his house?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 12: "New Year's Weltschmerz," whose house does Jared wake up in?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 11: "Requiem For the Trilobites," where are the trilobites going on a Monday?

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