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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reassurance does Zoe give Lucas in Chapter 14?
(a) She tells him she took the dogs to the vet and they are healthy.
(b) She tells him Connor is doing much better.
(c) She tells him she knows Roy will be just fine.
(d) She tells him he does not need to worry about her anymore.

2. How does Lucas avoid going to Vietnam?
(a) The war ends before he is old enough to be drafted.
(b) He goes to Canada until the war is over.
(c) He refuses to go and goes to jail.
(d) He shoots himself in the foot.

3. Who does Lucas visit just after he gets rid of the backpack in Chapter 16?
(a) Zoe.
(b) Darren.
(c) Roy.
(d) Joe.

4. Why does Connor say he does not want to commit suicide anymore?
(a) Because he has fallen in love with a girl named Dottie.
(b) Because he wants to stick around and see what happens.
(c) Because his father has finally come home.
(d) Because when he almost drowned he realized how important life really is.

5. Where do Roy and Darren talk in Chapter 13?
(a) In the den.
(b) Outside.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In Roy's room.

6. What does Connor say he will tell his mother about the pillow case?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The cat tore it up.
(c) The cat peed on it.
(d) Lucas needed to borrow it.

7. Walking to the next Monday meeting, in Chapter 17, what favor does Roy ask of Lucas?
(a) To keep NA a secret from their parents.
(b) To sit outside the meeting again.
(c) To call Libby Weller.
(d) To join the track team.

8. How does Roy know Zoe?
(a) They used to drink together.
(b) He dated the sister of one of the dead children.
(c) He used to visit her just as Lucas does now.
(d) She was his school bus driver.

9. Who takes Roy and Lucas home after the Wednesday NA meeting in Chapter 15?
(a) Zoe.
(b) Joe.
(c) Darren.
(d) Bill.

10. How does Lucas get Connor's attention from downstairs in Chapter 11?
(a) He throws pebbles at his window.
(b) He does jumping jacks on the lawn until Connor sees him.
(c) He yells up at Connor.
(d) He makes the neighbor's dog bark.

11. Why is Roy meeting with Zoe when Lucas finds them in Chapter 18?
(a) To convince her to come back to the NA meetings.
(b) To tell her more about his experience in Vietnam.
(c) To ask her to be his sponsor.
(d) To ask her to stop seeing Lucas.

12. What does Lucas's mother tell him about Zoe that he did not know?
(a) She had problems with alcohol and drugs.
(b) She kept driving the bus even after the accident.
(c) She had an affair with the father of one of the children.
(d) She made one of the children's mothers cry in public.

13. What does Roy say at his first NA meeting alone?
(a) That he doesn't want to talk.
(b) His name.
(c) That his younger brother is waiting outside.
(d) That he is an addict.

14. Where does Lucas go to get rid of the backpack in Chapter 16?
(a) Zoe's cabin.
(b) His own house.
(c) The River.
(d) The Park.

15. Who trips over Lucas in the dark outside of the NA meeting?
(a) Roy.
(b) Zoe.
(c) Libby.
(d) Connor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug does the NA leader say he was given in Vietnam?

2. When Lucas's mother returns in Chapter 13, why is she angry with Lucas?

3. How does Lucas actually get rid of the backpack in Chapter 16?

4. What does Lucas discover the last time he visit's Zoe's cabin?

5. Why does Connor say it is so easy to talk to Zoe?

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