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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. What is the name of the boy people assume is Alison’s boyfriend?
(a) Vance Townsend.
(b) Cale Townsend.
(c) Lester Townsend.
(d) Dory Townsend.

2. After meeting him at the jetty, what does Alison say about the area they walk to near the courthouse ruins?
(a) She has never been there before.
(b) It is her happy place.
(c) It is the scariest place she knows.
(d) It is the saddest place she knows.

3. Who did Hernando kill after he and Ron had been taken away during a football game?
(a) A police officer.
(b) El Padre.
(c) A prominent drug dealer.
(d) A judge.

4. What does Ron realize about Zeno, the man El Padre had kill Hernando?
(a) They went to school together.
(b) Zeno’s father had killed Ron’s father.
(c) He was Luis’ target.
(d) He was Hernando’s brother.

5. How old was Olivia when she and Henry first met and she modeled for him?
(a) 17.
(b) 25.
(c) 21.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lester tell Jamie is going to happen at practice on Monday?

2. What does Jamie’s father do from their home after quitting his job when his mother received her diagnosis?

3. Who is describing the beaches of Cartagena at the start of the story?

4. Who does the main character think of spending time in the bath with at the beginning of “Meeting Elise”?

5. When Ron comes home after his business with Luis, who does his mom tell him called?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ron know Hernando, and what ultimately forces Hernando to leave his life of crime behind?

2. What does El Padre tell Ron happened to Hernando after he failed to assassinate him?

3. What happened to the Chinese Poacher in “Halflead Bay”?

4. Who is Alison Fischer and what is her relationship with Jamie?

5. What does Alison tell Jamie her relationship with Dory is like when they are alone on the pier after the party?

6. What does Linda say about Nam’s story after she reads it in the coffee shop?

7. What did Jamie’s father do after his mother was diagnosed with MS?

8. When Henry arrives at Carnegie Hall to try to see Elise he is given a note from her. What does the note say?

9. What does Cale confess to Jamie when he comes to his house to tell him that Tammie said Dory is going to beat Jamie up at practice?

10. What happens when Ron is ordered to kill his friend Hernando?

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