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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 does Jack do after refusing to strip to be examined to play the sex game?
(a) Masturbates.
(b) Reads a book.
(c) Walks in the garden.
(d) Eats a piece of cake.

2. Who suggests Jack find a job?
(a) Jack.
(b) Julie.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

3. Which character hangs out with bad girls?
(a) Jack.
(b) Tom.
(c) Julie.
(d) Sue.

4. What is Jack doing as he plots what to do with Mother's body?
(a) Masturbating.
(b) Crying.
(c) Reading.
(d) Singing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Julie's extracurricular activities?

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

3. How does the garden look to Jack at the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. The day after Mother's death, who thinks they should tell someone?

5. Who has a serious talk with Jack at the beginning of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is present during Father's final heart attack and why is it initially unnoticed?

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

4. What happens to the garden after Father's first heart attack?

5. Why does Tom get picked on at school?

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

7. Discuss the dialog between Julie and Jack when Julie tells him that Mother has died.

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

9. When the children are in the garden discussing what to now that Mother has died, what specifically do they discuss?

10. Why is Tom tired of being a boy?

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