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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. Denny's lawyer tells him that it will cost Denny how much to resolve the custody case in court in Chapter 31?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $4,000.

2. How old is Enzo in Chapter 37?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

3. In Chapter 29, Denny and Enzo go to Maxwell and Trish's house the day Eve dies and Enzo tries playing fetch with whom, to no avail?
(a) Annika.
(b) Trish.
(c) Zoë.
(d) Denny.

4. What is the name of both a county and a city in northern California in the western United States?
(a) Martha's Vineyard.
(b) Sonoma.
(c) St. Edwards.
(d) Richmond.

5. What refers to a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Cataclysm.
(c) Anathesis.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded the Ferrari company?

2. Enzo is about to turn how old in Chapter 50?

3. How much money does Denny give the vet in cash before leaving with Enzo in Chapter 48?

4. On the way to the emergency animal hospital in Chapter 46, Enzo tells the chilling story of the day who died and the mystery surrounding his fateful last lap?

5. Who arrives to take a very sad and disheartened Zoë back to Maxwell and Trish in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed by the change in narrative voice in Chapter 54? What is revealed by the narrator?

2. What redeeming change do Denny's parents undergo in Chapter 53?

3. What does Denny's lawyer try to convince him to do in Chapter 43? How is the case against Denny building?

4. How do Enzo's health problems progress in Chapter 51? How does he feel about his situation?

5. What does Enzo encounter when he is returned to Denny in Chapter 35? What do they do together?

6. What happens when Denny goes to sign the custody papers in Chapter 48? What does Enzo do and why?

7. What does Denny tell Zoë when he is banned from seeing her in Chapter 38? In what ways do they communicate during this time?

8. How old is Enzo in Chapter 50? Who comes to speak with Denny about a job?

9. How are Maxwell and Trish established as the antagonists of the novel in Chapter 44?

10. Describe the actions and emotional state of Denny in Chapter 35. Are Denny's actions redeemable?

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