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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Johnny and Tex to stop speaking for a period of time?
(a) Tex setting the art project on fire
(b) Cole telling Tex he cannot be near Johnny any longer
(c) Tex pushing the gym teacher too far
(d) Johnny being grounded from his motorbike

2. Which word best describes how Tex feels when he first wakes up in the morning?
(a) Hungover
(b) Angry
(c) Relieved
(d) Sullen

3. Where does Jamie suggest Tex and Johnny go at the fair?
(a) Food stands
(b) Fortune Teller
(c) Rides
(d) Haunted House

4. Why does Tex feel the hitchhiker died?
(a) Because he slammed on the brakes
(b) Because Tex and Mason were arguing
(c) Because they picked him up
(d) Because he escaped from prison

5. Which of Tex's teachers really seems to care for him?
(a) Gym
(b) Music
(c) Art
(d) English

6. What does the gym teacher want from Tex?
(a) To go to the office for skipping class
(b) To dress appropriatly for class
(c) To show up to class
(d) To become the next basketball star

7. How long has Tex known Lem?
(a) His whole life
(b) A few years
(c) Since he started school
(d) A few months

8. Why is Tex sad when they leave Tex's house?
(a) Because Lem will no longer want to see Tex or Mason
(b) Because he thinks he will never see him again
(c) Because he thinks Lem will be killed selling drugs
(d) Because he thinks Mason will be too sick for Tex to make it back to the city

9. Why is Tex surprised to see Mason at home after school?
(a) He usually is doing something basketball related
(b) He is not surprised; Mason is usually home before him
(c) He gets out of school later than Tex
(d) He should be at his job

10. What forces Johnny and Tex to finally start speaking to each other again?
(a) Jamie's threatening to no longer speak to Tex
(b) Johnny's injury on his motorbike
(c) Cole going out of town
(d) Pop returning home to be with Tex and Mason

11. Where is the fair?
(a) 50 miles from their home
(b) Further away in the country
(c) 20 miles from their home
(d) Down the road from their home

12. Where is Mason going on Saturday?
(a) To an away basketball game
(b) To the hospital for tests
(c) To the fair
(d) To visit the new baby

13. How does Tex do when he attempts the same thing as Johnny?
(a) He crashes and is seriously injured
(b) He succeeds but cannot stop and is injured at the end
(c) He succeeds by just barely
(d) He fails at the last minute

14. Which of the following characters is the protagonist in this novel?
(a) Jamie
(b) Tex
(c) Johnny
(d) Mason

15. How does Tex feel about the thought of Mason leaving home?
(a) Frightened
(b) Reassured
(c) Excited
(d) Relieved

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accepts full responsibility for the night of drunkenness?

2. What happens on Johnny's attempt?

3. How do Tex and Johnny get to school at the beginning of this chapter?

4. How does Tex get out of the situation at the sporting goods store?

5. Where does Johnny like to ride his motorbike?

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