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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. Who tells the men where to drop the delivery at Jack's house?
(a) Mother.
(b) Tom.
(c) Father.
(d) Jack.

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

3. With whom does Jack want to avoid awkward conversations?
(a) Mother.
(b) Tom.
(c) Sue.
(d) Julie.

4. At what time do Julie and Jack finish making cement?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) Midnight.

5. Which character frightens another causing the sibling to urinate on him/herself?
(a) Sue.
(b) Tom.
(c) Julie.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Julie afraid of after Mother's death?

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

3. What do the men deliver to Jack's house?

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

5. Who puts lotion on the sunbather?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother talk to Jack about one morning when she awakens him?

2. What do Jack and his sisters do for fun on the night their parents argue in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

7. What, specifically, do Jack and Julie do to provide Mother with an eternal resting place?

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

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

10. Why does the whole family attack Father verbally over a decision he made regarding Julie's extracurricular activities?

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