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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following words best describes the relationship between Tex and Mason based only on this chapter?
(a) Hateful
(b) Loving
(c) Troublesome
(d) Antagonistic

4. How long has Tex been sleepwalking?
(a) Weeks
(b) Days
(c) Months
(d) Years

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

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

7. For how long is Johnny grounded from his motorbike?
(a) 2 days
(b) 1 week
(c) 1 month
(d) 2 weeks

8. How does Tex end the crisis with the hitchhiker?
(a) Slams on his brakes
(b) Speeds up faster
(c) Drives the truck into a tree
(d) Runs the truck into a canyon

9. Who do Mason and Tex think could be the next 'hitchhiker'?
(a) Tex
(b) Pop
(c) Lem
(d) Mason

10. What is Tex's dream about?
(a) His mother
(b) He is leaving the house
(c) His brother going to college
(d) His father

11. How long has Pop been gone?
(a) Days
(b) Months
(c) Weeks
(d) Years

12. Which character regularly gets in trouble in school?
(a) Tex
(b) Bob
(c) Jamie
(d) Johnny

13. What does Tex realize that the hitchhiker has in regards to Mason?
(a) A knife pointed at Mason's gut
(b) Mason in a head lock
(c) A gun to Mason's side
(d) Tex is naive and does not pick up on anything the hitchhiker does

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

15. What activity did Tex and Johnny spend a lot of time doing during the previous summer?
(a) Riding a motorbike
(b) Riding horses
(c) Going to summer school
(d) Swimming

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tex begin walking down the freeway after fighting with his brother?

2. What does Lem tell Mason and Tex he is doing for work?

3. What is the main problem of this chapter?

4. What does Mason chastise Tex for?

5. Who is banging on the front door, which awakens Tex?

(see the answer keys)

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