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

2. Which character is so frightened that he/she urinates on him/herself?
(a) Julie.
(b) Tom.
(c) Sue.
(d) Jack.

3. 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) Hides it.
(d) Smashes concrete.

4. Who has a serious talk with Jack at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Derek.
(b) Father.
(c) Julie.
(d) Mother.

5. Who gets beaten up after the bully is threatened in Chapter 4?
(a) Sue.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jack.
(d) Julie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jack told to stop his activity in the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. Who is mad to find that Mother has been sick for a while?

3. What is Father doing with Jack when he has his heart attack?

4. Who is the first to tell someone that Mother has died?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Julie and Jack do with sand and how long does it take?

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

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

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

5. Why does Tom get picked on at school?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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