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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jack's acne spreading?
(a) To his back.
(b) To his groin area.
(c) To his ears.
(d) To his neck.

2. Who tries to lighten the conversation in the pool hall when someone gets upset?
(a) Jack and Derek.
(b) Chas, Derek, and Greg.
(c) Jack.
(d) Chas and Greg.

3. What kind of games did the children play two years ago when their parents left them alone for a short while?
(a) Board.
(b) Cards.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Video.

4. In Chapter 9, how is Tom acting?
(a) Like an old man.
(b) Like a baby.
(c) Like an old woman.
(d) Like a girl.

5. What does Jack wonder about in Chapter 7, after he realizes what he's forgotten?
(a) Why he reads when his life is such a mess anyway.
(b) If his family is normal.
(c) If hiding Mother was a good idea and if they should split up.
(d) Why he would even come into the cellar to begin with.

6. For what occasion did Mother and Father leave the siblings alone two years previously?
(a) To go to a movie.
(b) To go Christmas shopping.
(c) For an anniversary dinner date.
(d) To attend a funeral.

7. Who does most of the talking when Derek comes to dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Tom and Sue.
(b) Derek.
(c) Sue and Julie.
(d) Jack.

8. When jealous over Julie's boyfriend, who does Jack ask to play the sex game?
(a) Tom.
(b) Derek.
(c) Sue.
(d) Julie.

9. After Mother's body is hidden, who begins writing to Mother?
(a) Sue.
(b) Julie.
(c) Tom.
(d) Jack.

10. Who bought the item that Tom is wearing as Sue and Julie laugh?
(a) One of Julie's boyfriends.
(b) Father.
(c) Julie.
(d) Mother before her death.

11. Why is Derek coming over in Chapter 7?
(a) To talk to Tom.
(b) To collect money.
(c) To have a man to man talk with Jack.
(d) For tea.

12. What do Jack's hands begin to smell like in Chapter 9?
(a) Old fish.
(b) Rotten meat.
(c) Cardboard.
(d) Soured milk.

13. Who does Julie confide in about her all night dates with Derek?
(a) A friend from school.
(b) Sue.
(c) Jack.
(d) Tom.

14. Who punches Jack for being naked?
(a) Julie.
(b) Tom.
(c) Sue.
(d) Derek.

15. Who defecated on him/herself during the siblings' games when their parents left them alone two years previously?
(a) Tom.
(b) Sue.
(c) Julie.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Derek tell Jack that he (Jack) is like?

2. What does Julie encourage Jack to put in his mouth when they are hugging in Tom's room?

3. Why don't Tom's friends tease him about what he is wearing while the other siblings prepare dinner?

4. What do the siblings see when they look out the window at the end of Chapter 10?

5. What do the children eat for a week after their mother dies?

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