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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. Which child actually brings friends home to play?
(a) Julie.
(b) Sue.
(c) Jack.
(d) Tom.

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

3. Why does the sibling begin to resist the family game?
(a) He is embarrassed of his erection.
(b) She is ashamed.
(c) He never wins.
(d) She is a sore loser.

4. How old was Jack when he faked illness to leave school?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

5. What does Jack notice about the person he sees in the window when he returns home in Chapter 2?
(a) She is prettier than he realized.
(b) She seems depressed.
(c) He seems depressed.
(d) She has a strange mole on her shoulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stares in silence when the dead mother rolls out of bed?

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

3. Who wishes to change genders?

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

5. Who do we learn is infatuated with Julie in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the social life of Jack's family.

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

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

4. What does Jack notice about his mother when he sees her from a distance in Chapter 2?

5. Why did Jack fake being sick when he was 8 and what happened when he got home?

6. What does Julie tell Jack she imagines will happen between Father and Tom as Father's health declines?

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

8. Why is Tom tired of being a boy?

9. What do Jack's parents argue about in Chapter 1? What does his mother demand and what is his father's reaction?

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

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