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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Jack want to avoid awkward conversations?
(a) Julie.
(b) Sue.
(c) Mother.
(d) Tom.

2. Who is sunbathing in Chapter 4?
(a) Tom.
(b) Julie.
(c) Sue.
(d) Jack.

3. At what time do Julie and Jack finish making cement?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) Noon.

4. What does Jack do after the ambulance takes his father?
(a) Goes to eat lunch.
(b) Follows the ambulance on foot.
(c) Smoothes the concrete ripple caused by his father.
(d) Hitches a ride to the hospital with a neighbor.

5. Who says there should be a funeral for Mother?
(a) Jack.
(b) Julie.
(c) Sue.
(d) Tom.

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

7. Which character says he/she is bullied by a kid at school?
(a) Jack.
(b) Julie.
(c) Sue.
(d) Tom.

8. What is the subject of the serious talk that Jack gets at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Getting a job.
(b) Masturbation.
(c) Girls.
(d) Finances.

9. Who tells Jack to stop his activity in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Tom.
(b) Mother.
(c) Julie.
(d) Sue.

10. Who is stripped and examined by kids as part of a game?
(a) Sue.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jack.
(d) Julie.

11. What does Jack do when the person he sees in the window calls to him?
(a) Hides behind a cement stone.
(b) Begins to cry.
(c) Laughs and points.
(d) Runs away.

12. Who is the first to tell someone that Mother has died?
(a) Julie.
(b) Jack.
(c) Sue.
(d) Tom.

13. What are Julie's extracurricular activities?
(a) Choir.
(b) Band.
(c) Art.
(d) Sports.

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

15. Which child is not told upon arriving home from school that Mother is dead?
(a) Jack.
(b) Sue.
(c) Julie.
(d) Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the men drop the delivery they take to Jack's house?

2. Who gives a card with two pound notes as a birthday present?

3. Who gets beaten up after the bully is threatened in Chapter 4?

4. Who suggests Jack find a job?

5. What does Jack do after refusing to strip to be examined to play the sex game?

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