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. After telling Zoe about Roy, what does Lucas ask her about Connor?
(a) Whether she thinks his father will ever come back.
(b) Whether he took his father's gun.
(c) Whether he needs to see a psychiatrist.
(d) Whether Connor is still his friend.

2. In Chapter 15, why does Connor come by to see Lucas the morning after the NA meeting?
(a) To tell Lucas his father has come home.
(b) To apologize because he has not seen Lucas lately.
(c) To ask Lucas how the first meeting went.
(d) To tell Lucas about the gun.

3. What does the NA meeting leader give Lucas when they arrive home in Chapter 15?
(a) A beer.
(b) An NA pamphlet.
(c) A matchbook.
(d) A dollar.

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. When Connor returns home from the woods, in Chapter 16, who has been calling him?
(a) Mrs. Barnes.
(b) Darren.
(c) Connor.
(d) Libby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Lucas and Roy go the night of the funeral in Chapter 19?

3. What message did Zoe once ask Roy to take to the family of one of the dead children?

4. Who does Connor say saved his life?

5. What is the last thing Lucas's mother says to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was it that Zoe came to attempt suicide?

2. Why does Roy come home from Vietnam?

3. How does Roy's first NA meeting go?

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

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

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

7. Why does Connor insist Lucas saved him?

8. How does Lucas learn about the gun?

9. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,172 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample