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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 Theo decide to abandon the car?
(a) Push it over a cliff.
(b) Throw dirt and leaves over the top to hide it from aerial view.
(c) Push it in a pond.
(d) Hide it in the garage of a deserted home.

2. What language does Theo find a note in?
(a) French.
(b) Greek.
(c) Latin.
(d) Hebrew.

3. Why do Theo and the Five Fishes end up spending the night where the car got a flat tire?
(a) They hear on the radio about all the police patrolling the roads.
(b) The flashlight goes out.
(c) Julian is too tired to continue.
(d) No one can walk for gas until the morning.

4. Where does Theo go at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) A camp for Sojourners.
(b) An abandoned chapel Julian messaged to Theo where he could find her.
(c) The church he met the Five Fishes at.
(d) His parents' grave.

5. What does Theo think of the setting of Wychwood Forest?
(a) He understands Julian's desire to have the baby in private.
(b) He wishes the baby could be delivered somewhere more sterile.
(c) He finds it too cold for a baby to be born in.
(d) He regrets not being able to have time to travel to a different forest he feels more sacred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theo put in his pocket in Chapter 22?

2. Why doesn't Theo rob the first houses he sees?

3. Which city does Theo not mention visiting during his holiday?

4. What helps Theo find Julian and Miriam as he drives the stolen car to reunite with them?

5. Who are Rolf's political views most similar to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the book end?

2. What does Theo write in his diary about the Five Fishes as he discusses the day of relaxation before they depart for Wales?

3. Describe the burial in Chapter 28.

4. What are Theo's nightmares about after his return home from traveling?

5. How is Rolf distanced from the group throughout the burial and after?

6. What goes through Theo's mind when he sees the tree blocking the road in Chapter 27? What happens next?

7. What do Theo and Rolf discuss the morning after the car is pulled over? Do they seem to bond or argue?

8. How do Theo and the Five Fishes spend the rest of the relaxing day in Chapter 26?

9. Why does Miriam come for Theo?

10. How do Theo and the Five Fishes get delayed in Chapter 24?

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