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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. On September 5, what is Paul doing when Erik arrives home with Arthur?
(a) Shooting baskets.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Carrying in groceries.
(d) Reading.

2. Who does Paul think Erik will date?
(a) One of the cheerleaders.
(b) The student vice-president.
(c) One of the girls on the tennis team.
(d) Mike's sister.

3. What does the group of boys Paul sees at the carnival have with them?
(a) Spray paint.
(b) Soccer balls.
(c) Switchblades.
(d) Water ballons.

4. What is happening when Paul wakes on Saturday?
(a) Erik is burning breakfast.
(b) A lightning storm.
(c) Nothing is happening.
(d) His mother is playing the piano.

5. Who is at the principal's office Monday when Paul is called into the office?
(a) Paul's parents.
(b) Several members of the soccer team.
(c) Only Joey.
(d) The soccer coach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the funeral home where Mike is laid out?

2. What do Paul and his mother find out about the smoke?

3. What does Paul wear on the soccer field?

4. What is Paul questioned about by the principal?

5. What does Mrs. Fisher ask the parents of the football players to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Paul's mother take him on Monday and what does she do there?

2. What do the parents of the football players decide to do and how does the coach respond to their suggestion?

3. What does Paul hear Arthur and Erik saying about Mike Costello?

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

5. Where does Paul go on his bike and what does he see about their subdivision?

6. To what does Paul wake on August 9, who does he tell and what does she say to him? What do they do about the problem?

7. What does Paul think about if Erik died?

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

9. Why is Paul put off the soccer team and what is his reaction when he hears about it?

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

(see the answer keys)

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