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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. In Chapter 18, Enzo says that he is ready to do what?
(a) Leave Denny's family.
(b) Pass into the next life.
(c) Kill Trish and Maxwell.
(d) Become a cat.

2. Whidbey Island is approximately how far north of Seattle?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 60 miles.
(c) 200 miles.
(d) 30 miles.

3. Doctors decide to operate on what part of Eve in Chapter 19?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her brain.
(d) Her neck.

4. Who takes over the household and caring for Zoë after Eve falls ill in Chapter 12?
(a) Enzo.
(b) Denny.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Swift.
(d) Trish and Maxwell.

5. In Chapter 21, Enzo remembers an especially glorious day when he wore what of Zoë's?
(a) Bonnet.
(b) Butterfly wings.
(c) Sun dress.
(d) Tap shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Enzo says that he enjoys what as well as Formula One racing in Chapter 5?

2. What refers to a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

3. What are the names of Eve's parents in the novel?

4. The Sebring International Raceway is located in what state?

5. Where does Enzo learn that only those dogs that are deemed ready are permitted to come back as people in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways has Zoë evolved as a character in Chapter 22? How does she prepare for school?

2. How does Eve's character evolve in the narrative in Chapter 9? Why?

3. What do Denny and Enzo do together in Chapter 20? How does Enzo feel about their relationship?

4. What obstacles does Denny face against Trish and Maxwell in Chapter 23? What are their motives?

5. Describe the character of Annika. How is she introduced in Chapter 25? What is foreshadowed in this chapter?

6. How does Enzo describe his feelings about Eve in Chapter 6? How have his feelings changed?

7. How is humor used as a stylistic element in the novel? What purpose does it serve in terms of the novel's themes?

8. What is significant about Enzo's observations of the forest in Chapter 17? How do these observations relate to the novel's themes?

9. What does Enzo spend a summer day doing in Chapter 8? What advice does Denny relate?

10. Why do Zoë and Enzo go to Trish and Maxwell's house in Chapter 15? How does Enzo describe Trish and Maxwell?

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