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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. Who gives Ruth a painting?
(a) Susan.
(b) Meg.
(c) Denise.
(d) David.

2. Who does David become instantly obsessed with?
(a) Donny.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Meg.
(d) Susan.

3. Whose father has many affairs?
(a) David's.
(b) Donny's.
(c) Eddie's.
(d) Ruth's.

4. Who gets in trouble for dropping the laundry?
(a) Meg.
(b) Donny.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Susan.

5. What object is used in The Game?
(a) Pears.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Apples.
(d) Rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of street does the story take place on?

2. What word(s) best describes the weather at the carnival?

3. Who says girls are easy?

4. Who often speaks late into the evening about their dreams and hopes?

5. Who is Donny's twin brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the sleepover that occurs in Chapter 8.

2. When David finds himself alone at the carnival, what does he do?

3. What happens when the Chandler kids go to the carnival in Chapter 7?

4. What is the result of the boys spying in Chapter 8?

5. Discuss the neighborhood's reaction to the abuse of Meg.

6. What is David's life like after the summer of 1958?

7. What does David mention to readers in Chapter 1?

8. Why is Meg confronted by the Chandler family in Chapter 22?

9. What happens when Meg makes Kool-aid for the other children?

10. What does David learn and see happen in Chapter 14 when arriving home inebriated?

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