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

2. At what age did Derek start playing pool at his favorite hall?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

3. What activity begins when Jack's hands begin to smell?
(a) Burning candles.
(b) Obsessive washing.
(c) Spraying air freshener.
(d) Eating mints.

4. Where is Jack's mother in his nightmare?
(a) Sitting on his bed.
(b) Sitting in an armchair.
(c) Under a bunch of empty cement bags.
(d) Lying in bed with him.

5. Who was tied to a brass cot two years ago when their parents left them alone for a short while?
(a) Jack.
(b) Sue.
(c) Tom.
(d) Julie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What actually is the smell coming from Jack's house?

2. What does Derek do before leaving the house in Chapter 10?

3. What does Derek drive?

4. Who raves about Derek after his dinner visit in Chapter 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Sue and Julie dress up Tom like a girl?

2. What is Derek's solution to covering the rotting smell? What do the kids tell him the smell is?

3. Jack thinks his hands smell like rotten meat. What does he do? What is really causing the smell?

4. Three weeks after Mother's death, how does Sue spend her time?

5. What does Derek say and how does he act when he catches Julie and Jack naked together?

6. Discuss the conversation Derek strikes up at the pool hall when he starts playing.

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

8. Explain how Julie's punch of Jack turns into sex with him.

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

10. What do the girls say about Jack and Tom's appearances when they are dressing Tom like a girl?

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