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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 happens when Lucas's mother discovers Connor in Lucas's room in Chapter 15?
(a) She yells at the boys about the medication.
(b) She invites him to stay for breakfast.
(c) She asks him to leave.
(d) She breaks into tears.

2. What color is Connor's new kitten?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Orange.

3. What is scag?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) LSD.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Cocaine.

4. Why has Roy not taken a newcomer chip at NA?
(a) Because he does not trust himself to stay clean yet.
(b) Because he is still on pain medications.
(c) Because he is still using heroin.
(d) Because he is embarassed to do it in front of his brother.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who trips over Lucas in the dark outside of the NA meeting?

2. What does Lucas's mother tell him about Zoe that he did not know?

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

4. What happens when Connor leaves Lucas and the kitten to go to the bathroom?

5. How does Lucas avoid going to Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How exactly does Connor explain to Lucas that he is no longer suicidal?

2. How does Lucas learn about the gun?

3. What does Zoe say at the meeting?

4. Why is Connor upset with Lucas after the picnic?

5. What does Darren tell Lucas about Roy?

6. According to Connor, why is it helpful to talk with Zoe?

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

8. What is Lucas's mother doing when they get home from NA and why is it significant?

9. What did Lucas know and not know about Zoe?

10. How does Lucas's mother react when he tells her he is taking Roy to an NA meeting, and what does her reaction reveal about her?

(see the answer keys)

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