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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. Why doesn't Jack tell Julie what happened at the pool hall?
(a) She is too busy with Tom.
(b) He is afraid she will seek revenge.
(c) She tells him it's past his bedtime.
(d) She is mad and won't listen to him.

2. What does Jack read in Chapter 7?
(a) His sci-fi novel...again.
(b) Julie's health book.
(c) His sci-fi novel for the first time.
(d) Sue's diary.

3. What happens to the fresh food Julie buys for the family?
(a) She burns it when cooking.
(b) They eat it all quickly.
(c) It is stolen.
(d) It rots.

4. While in the cellar in Chapter 7, what is it that Jack has forgotten?
(a) What his mother looked like.
(b) Where they put Mother.
(c) Where he left his book.
(d) Why he went down there in the first place.

5. What positive effect does the smell of Jack's hands have?
(a) He learns to enjoy candles.
(b) The mint store is making profits.
(c) He learns the positive effects of cleaning house.
(d) He begins to clean himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom wearing when Derek arrives in Chapter 7?

2. What fills the house within a week after Mother dies?

3. What kind of games did the children play two years ago when their parents left them alone for a short while?

4. What does Sue's diary say about Jack?

5. What does Jack try to pull off of Tom at dinner one night in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jack's recurring nightmare.

2. How does Jack get a terrible sunburn?

3. What is Jack's science fiction novel about and what question does Jack pose regarding it?

4. What happened to the children when they were left alone one time previously?

5. What conversation does Jack have with Tom after being awakened by Tom's fake crying?

6. What inconsistency of story does Jack alert to Derek after the frog incident in the garden?

7. Three weeks after Mother's death, how does Jack spend his time?

8. Explain the incident involving a frog in the garden.

9. What sense does Jack experience after his mother's death? What does he say is lacking from that sense?

10. Describe the circumstances (and location) in which Derek first meets Julie's siblings.

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