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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lucas asks Zoe for advice about "a friend," who does she think he means at first?
(a) His mother.
(b) Her.
(c) Roy.
(d) Connor?

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

3. What keeps interrupting Lucas as he reads his brother's letter?
(a) A dog in the backyard barking.
(b) A car stereo.
(c) A blaring television.
(d) His parents' fighting.

4. What "weird thing" does Lucas say in his letter to his brother Roy?
(a) I'm in love with Libby Weller.
(b) I had my first drink.
(c) I'm thinking about suicide.
(d) I love you.

5. In what year is most of the novel set?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1917.

6. Where is Roy at the beginning of the novel?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vietnam.

7. Where does Lucas finally go to get his answer about Zoe in Chapter 4?
(a) The Ashby museum.
(b) The library.
(c) To Zoe's house.
(d) The newspaper office.

8. In the park, how does Connor react to the track boys' behavior toward Lucas?
(a) He threatens to call the police.
(b) He cries.
(c) He comes after them with a bat.
(d) He throws a baseball at them.

9. What does Lucas suggest he and the person he meets at the cabin in Chapter 3 use for measuring the door?
(a) A gallon bucket.
(b) A piece of string.
(c) A ruler.
(d) A stopwatch.

10. What excuse does Lucas suggest for explaining Connor's injury from fighting in the park to his mother?
(a) That he crashed his bike into a tree.
(b) That Lucas accidentally hit him with the ball.
(c) That he fell and hit a rock.
(d) That he was defending Lucas from older boys.

11. After the date, Lucas needs more advice from Zoe. What about this time?
(a) How to tell his parents that he is dating someone.
(b) How to take Libby out to eat when he has no money.
(c) How to tell Connor he is dating Libby.
(d) Where to kiss Libby without her parents watching.

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

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

14. What is Lucas favorite ice cream?
(a) Chocolate ice cream with the chocolate coating.
(b) Black walnut with extra walnuts.
(c) Pralines and Cream.
(d) Mint chocolate chip with carmel topping.

15. What must Lucas do before he and Libby can go on their date?
(a) Ask his parents for money.
(b) Call her.
(c) Meet her parents.
(d) Decide where to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zoe insist on doing after her and Lucas' second date?

2. Who does Lucas meet the next time he visits the cabin, in Chapter 3?

3. Whom does Lucas talk to when he calls the sherif's office?

4. Who calls out to Lucas after his run in Chapter 7?

5. What is Connor doing when Lucas next visits in Chapter 9?

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