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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color swimsuit does the sunbather wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Silver.

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

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

4. Who gives up teeth brushing to rebel?
(a) Sue.
(b) Julie.
(c) Tom.
(d) Jack.

5. What is Jack looking at in the garden in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A dead frog.
(b) Gutted and abandoned pre-fab.
(c) Julie sunbathing.
(d) His book.

6. Who does not approve of Julie's extracurricular activities?
(a) Mother.
(b) Jack.
(c) Father.
(d) Derek.

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

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

9. What is Father doing with Jack when he has his heart attack?
(a) Pouring cement.
(b) Moving groceries.
(c) Mixing fertilizer.
(d) Building a tall wall.

10. What is Sue's hobby?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Praying.

11. Who wishes to change genders?
(a) Julie.
(b) Jack.
(c) Sue.
(d) Tom.

12. Who is Jack?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The youngest brother.
(c) The oldest sibling.
(d) A delivery guy.

13. How many men show up at Jack's house with a delivery?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

14. What is Julie afraid of after Mother's death?
(a) Getting cancer.
(b) Flies.
(c) Being in charge.
(d) Authorities splitting up the family.

15. Who does Jack see in the window when he returns home from school in Chapter 2?
(a) Father.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) Mother.
(d) Julie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who volunteers to accompany Mother on her trips to the shops?

2. Who threatens the bully in Chapter 4?

3. Who notices increased acne but doesn't do anything about it?

4. Who runs out of the room crying when the dead mother rolls out of bed?

5. Who wants to invite friends over for a party?

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