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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wants to invite friends over for a party?
(a) Tom.
(b) Sue.
(c) Jack.
(d) Julie.

2. The day after Mother's death, who thinks they should tell someone?
(a) Tom.
(b) Sue.
(c) Julie.
(d) Jack.

3. Who refuses to watch Julie in her extracurricular activities?
(a) Jack.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Derek.

4. Why is Jack told to stop his activity in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) It isn't fair.
(b) It's an invasion of privacy.
(c) No one wants to see him.
(d) Mother is getting a headache.

5. How old is Jack when men show up at his house with a delivery?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

6. What is Jack's father planning to make with the items that were delivered?
(a) A wall for his garden.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Taller plants.
(d) Garden paths.

7. Who is obsessed with the garden?
(a) Julie.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Jack.

8. What do the men deliver to Jack's house?
(a) Stones.
(b) Fertilizer.
(c) Groceries.
(d) Cement.

9. Who gives a science fiction novel as a birthday gift?
(a) Father.
(b) Sue.
(c) Tom.
(d) Derek.

10. Who volunteers to accompany Mother on her trips to the shops?
(a) Tom.
(b) Jack.
(c) Julie.
(d) Sue.

11. Who begins to resist the family game?
(a) Tom.
(b) Julie.
(c) Sue.
(d) Jack.

12. Why does young Jack fake illness to leave school?
(a) To miss a test.
(b) To have his mother's full attention.
(c) Because kids were bullying him.
(d) To get out of doing an oral book report.

13. Who gets beaten up after the bully is threatened in Chapter 4?
(a) Tom.
(b) Jack.
(c) Sue.
(d) Julie.

14. Who runs out of the room crying when the dead mother rolls out of bed?
(a) Sue.
(b) Julie.
(c) Tom.
(d) Jack.

15. In which specific extracurricular activity does Julie excel?
(a) Track.
(b) Solo.
(c) Marching.
(d) Painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack looking at in the garden in the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. Who is upset about the delivery made to Jack's house?

3. Who gives cleaning utensils as a birthday present?

4. Who puts lotion on the sunbather?

5. What is the family "game" that the siblings play?

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