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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) Finances.
(c) Masturbation.
(d) Girls.

2. Who wants to invite friends over for a party?
(a) Jack.
(b) Tom.
(c) Sue.
(d) Julie.

3. The day after Mother's death, who thinks they should tell someone?
(a) Sue.
(b) Julie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Tom.

4. Who is stripped and examined by kids as part of a game?
(a) Julie.
(b) Sue.
(c) Tom.
(d) Jack.

5. What does Jack do when the person he sees in the window calls to him?
(a) Hides behind a cement stone.
(b) Begins to cry.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Laughs and points.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Jack and Julie make cement?

2. Which character is two years younger than Jack?

3. Why does young Jack fake illness to leave school?

4. How old is Jack when men show up at his house with a delivery?

5. Which child leaves for school alone in Chapter 2?

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

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

5. After they go back inside the house, what plans for Mother's body do the three older siblings discuss?

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

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

8. What happens when Julie covers Mother's body with a sheet?

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

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

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