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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 time of the morning does Paul and his mother leave their former city?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Nine.

2. What do Paul and Joey begin doing together?
(a) Playing video games.
(b) Playing tennis.
(c) Running.
(d) Going to the library.

3. Why do Paul's grandmother and grandfather call from Ohio?
(a) They want to find out how Erik's doing in football.
(b) They are coming to visit.
(c) They want him to visit that summer.
(d) They saw the sinkhole on the news.

4. What does Paul realize about Erik and Arthur related to Mike's death?
(a) Arthur will probably quit the team.
(b) Erik might become a quarterback.
(c) Mike's father will no longer coach.
(d) Their positions on the football team will be better.

5. What does Paul say he would be sad about if Erik dies?
(a) If he would miss Erik too much.
(b) If Erik never apologizes for not being there for Paul.
(c) If Erik took the memory with him of Paul's blindness.
(d) If Erik will be punished after death for being happy about Paul's impairment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul's mother do when she finds out Mike is dead?

2. What is happening when Paul wakes on Saturday?

3. What does Paul say ruined his move to Florida?

4. What happens when a thunderstorm hits?

5. Why is Charley Burns fired?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Paul called into the principal's office the Monday after his trip to the carnival and what does Paul do?

2. What does Paul's mother think will happen about Mike's death and what actually happens? What does Paul wonder about Joey?

3. What news does Erik tell Paul and Mrs. Fisher when Erik comes home from school on Tuesday?

4. What does Paul's mother do about Mike's death?

5. What memory does Paul recall when he starts school on Monday?

6. What does Paul wear when he plays soccer and what do the kids say about them?

7. Who comes by the house from the Owners' Association, who is his son and what happens when Paul's father returns home?

8. What is Paul's mother's response about him being kicked off the soccer team?

9. What does Paul think about if Erik died?

10. What makes the noise Paul hears when he leaves the principal's office and what do the students do about it?

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