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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 does Lucas discover the last time he visit's Zoe's cabin?
(a) That she buried the two dogs behind the outhouse.
(b) That she grew the flowers for the children's graves.
(c) That she kept a journal about him.
(d) That she kept pictures of the dead children.

2. What does Lucas make Roy promise in Chapter 14?
(a) To go somewhere with him in the afternoon.
(b) To go and visit Zoe.
(c) To stop drinking.
(d) To be nicer to their mother.

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

4. What is Lucas's mother doing when Lucas and Roy return from the NA meeting in Chapter 15?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Crying.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Smoking.

5. What does Roy say he wishes Lucas had written about in his letters?
(a) His worries about Roy.
(b) His relation with Zoe.
(c) Normal stuff.
(d) His arguments with his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darren tell Lucas about Vietnam?

2. What reassurance does Zoe give Lucas in Chapter 14?

3. What color is Connor's new kitten?

4. What is different about the Wednesday NA meetings in Chapter 15?

5. Who takes Roy and Lucas home after the Wednesday NA meeting in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zoe protect Roy from the town, and what is significant about it?

2. What was wrong with Lucas's letters to Roy?

3. What does Zoe say at the meeting?

4. How does Roy react to Joe's offer to help?

5. When Lucas drops the gun into the river, he tells the river, "You owe me one." What does he mean?

6. What is Lucas's reaction to seeing Roy again?

7. Why does Roy come home from Vietnam?

8. What does Darren tell Lucas about Roy?

9. Why is Lucas not there when Darren talks to Roy?

10. What big idea does Lucas have when he cannot sleep?

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