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

2. Who shows up at the Monday night NA meeting in Chapter 17?
(a) Mr. Barnes.
(b) Zoe.
(c) Darren.
(d) Mrs. Barnes.

3. What reassurance does Zoe give Lucas in Chapter 14?
(a) She tells him he does not need to worry about her anymore.
(b) She tells him Connor is doing much better.
(c) She tells him she took the dogs to the vet and they are healthy.
(d) She tells him she knows Roy will be just fine.

4. What does Lucas do for a living?
(a) He drives a truck.
(b) He teaches school.
(c) He is the bank president.
(d) He owns a hardware shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising thing does Connor ask Lucas to do at the end of Chapter 11?

2. What is Lucas's big idea in Chapter 11?

3. What did Zoe's husband once do to himself?

4. Why does Roy ask a favor of Lucas at the beginning of Chapter 17?

5. What does Connor say he will tell his mother about the pillow case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Darren tell Lucas about Roy?

2. Why does Connor insist Lucas saved him?

3. What advice does Zoe give Lucas when he says he has got too many people to save?

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

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

6. What became of Zoe and her cabin?

7. Why does Roy come home from Vietnam?

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

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

10. What mistake does Lucas make twice with Roy?

(see the answer keys)

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