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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lucas and Libby argue about?
(a) Track.
(b) Darren.
(c) Roy.
(d) Zoe.

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

3. How old is Libby?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

4. 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.

5. Why does Lucas decide he and Libby are through?
(a) She makes assumptions about his mother and Zoe without knowing them.
(b) She says he is just like Connor.
(c) She tells him she is in favor of the Vietnam War.
(d) She suggests that his mother may have a drinking problem.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What town does Lucas live in?

3. What is Lucas trying to find out in Chapter 4?

4. Why does Lucas believe Libby Weller talks to him?

5. Why is Connor angry with Lucas in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ends the relationship between Lucas and Libby?

2. What advice does Zoe give Lucas about picking a movie?

3. Why is Lucas having trouble reading Roy's letter?

4. According to Zoe, why does Lucas worry so much about what other people think?

5. What argument does Lucas make for why Zoe should not kill herself?

6. What does Lucas say in the letter he writes to Roy?

7. How does Connor react when Lucas tells him about Zoe's past?

8. Why is Connor upset when Lucas finds him sunning in his backyard?

9. How does Zoe's daughter seem to feel about her?

10. What is his mother's response when Lucas tells her he saved someone's life?

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