View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lucas actually get rid of the backpack in Chapter 16?
(a) Throws it off a bridge.
(b) Gives it to Zoe.
(c) Turns it in to Deputy Warren.
(d) Buries it in his back yard.

2. When Lucas's mother returns in Chapter 13, why is she angry with Lucas?
(a) Because Lucas's father still is not home from work.
(b) Because Connor is there.
(c) Because Lucas has given his brother the medication.
(d) Because Lucas has been at Zoe's again.

3. How old is Connor when he dies?
(a) 83.
(b) 72.
(c) 64.
(d) 41.

4. Who leads the NA meetings?
(a) Bill.
(b) Darren.
(c) Joe.
(d) Roy.

5. What does Roy tell Lucas their mother has forgotten to do in Chapter 13?
(a) Help him with his walking exercises.
(b) Change his sheets.
(c) Give him his pain medication.
(d) Bring him his lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darren ask Lucas to do?

2. When Connor returns home from the woods, in Chapter 16, who has been calling him?

3. In Chapter 14, what does Zoe have to say about Connor and his mom?

4. How many years have passed since the summer of 1969?

5. What does Connor say when Lucas makes his discovery in Connor's room in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lucas's mother so angry with him the day after the date?

2. What mistake does Lucas make twice with Roy?

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

4. Why does Roy come home from Vietnam?

5. How does Roy know Zoe?

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

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

8. Why does Connor insist Lucas saved him?

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

10. What does Zoe say at the meeting?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 990 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample