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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. How does Julie say she mentally feels when she goes into the cellar?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Emotionless.

2. What does Jack wonder about in Chapter 7, after he realizes what he's forgotten?
(a) If hiding Mother was a good idea and if they should split up.
(b) If his family is normal.
(c) Why he reads when his life is such a mess anyway.
(d) Why he would even come into the cellar to begin with.

3. Who is the first to see that one of the siblings is writing to their dead Mother?
(a) Jack.
(b) Tom.
(c) Julie.
(d) Sue.

4. In his nightmare, what is Jack doing while Mother is talking?
(a) Masturbating.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Screaming.

5. What do the siblings see when they look out the window at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) The crashed garden.
(b) Birds flying away.
(c) Derek driving away.
(d) Neighbors staring at the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jack want to read his book?

2. What do Jack, Julie, and Tom go buy?

3. Why is Tom crying in Chapter 10?

4. What happens to the fresh food Julie buys for the family?

5. Who hit Tom in Chapter 8 and made him cry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Three weeks after Mother's death, Jack goes into the cellar to see the trunk. What are his thoughts as he visits the cellar?

2. What is the conversation Derek has with the siblings over tea, after sealing the cracked cement?

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

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

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

6. How does Jack get a terrible sunburn?

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

8. How does Tom get to play in girls' clothing without getting picked on by his friends?

9. How is Tom's baby-like behavior affected by Julie's willingness to treat him like one?

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

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