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

2. What does Lucas do for the person in the hospital?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Move the car.
(c) Clean the house.
(d) Feed the dogs.

3. What has changed about the dogs?
(a) They are meaner than before.
(b) They've been groomed.
(c) They won't stop howling.
(d) They do not want to go running.

4. What has Connor done without Lucas's permission?
(a) Asked Libby Weller out for him.
(b) Signed him up for summer camp.
(c) Signed him up to try out for track.
(d) Asked his parents if he can sleep over.

5. Why did Zoe not stop Lucas from taking her dogs running?
(a) She was scared of him.
(b) He looked trustworthy.
(c) She did not have the energy.
(d) She hoped he would take them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the track boys do to Lucas at the park?

2. How does Lucas manage to get Connor to leave his house in Chapter 4?

3. When Lucas asks Zoe for advice about "a friend," what is her second guess for who he is talking about?

4. What has changed when Lucas visits the cemetery again?

5. When Lucas finds no one home at Zoe's in Chapter 7, where does he eventually find her and the dogs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucas wind up with a spot on the track team?

2. What does Libby have to say about Connor?

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

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

5. What happens when Libby Weller approaches Lucas after one of his runs?

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

7. What happens when Lucas and Connor go to the park?

8. What is Zoe's explanation for why people cannot forgive her?

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

10. Describe Connor's home.

(see the answer keys)

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