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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Lucas discover he has beaten at the track tryouts?
(a) Two junior high students.
(b) Two foreign exchange students.
(c) The track team's two best runners.
(d) Two boys who had also been trying out for the team.

2. When does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) The first day of school.
(b) The first day of summer.
(c) Two days after spring break.
(d) The second-to-last day of school.

3. Who is in the hospital?
(a) Connor Barnes.
(b) Roy Painter.
(c) Libby Weller.
(d) Zoe Dinsmore.

4. What does the visitor at the cabin in Chapter 3 give Lucas to drink?
(a) Kool-Aid.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Gin.
(d) A warm Coke.

5. At his track tryout, what confuses Lucas?
(a) The starting blocks.
(b) The shoe spikes.
(c) The track lanes.
(d) The starter pistol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town does Lucas live in?

2. Who is Roy Painter?

3. When Lucas finally looks in the cabin's window for the first time, what does he see?

4. In what year is most of the novel set?

5. Where is Roy at the beginning of the novel?

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