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

2. Who is mad to find that Mother has been sick for a while?
(a) Jack.
(b) Tom.
(c) Sue.
(d) Julie.

3. What do Sue, Julie and Jack do when the sheet won't cover Mother's head and feet?
(a) Cry.
(b) Scream.
(c) Get another one.
(d) Giggle.

4. What does Jack do with the object he finds in the garden at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Reads it.
(b) Buries it.
(c) Smashes concrete.
(d) Hides it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jack go after refusing to strip to be examined to play the sex game?

2. Who does not cry as they wait to tell the others about Mother's death?

3. What does Jack find in the garden in the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. Why does one character think Mother is relieved when Father dies?

5. Why does the sibling begin to resist the family game?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack's acne problem affect him socially?

2. What was Jack doing and why does he run off at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What does the family do to celebrate Jack's birthday?

4. What happens when it is Jack's turn in the game he plays with his sisters on the night their parents argue in Chapter 1?

5. What birthday request does Jack make that gets denied by his mother?

6. What discussion does Mother have with Jack when she calls him to her bedside?

7. How does Jack release tension in the garden at the beginning of Chapter 4? Why does he stop?

8. Why does Tom get picked on at school?

9. What happens when Tom points out his bully to Jack?

10. Where does the family celebrate Jack's birthday and why?

(see the answer keys)

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