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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the goal of a "joint venture"?
(a) To purchase two items and sell them at half price.
(b) To buy two companies and make them one.
(c) To sell a certain amount of goods or to work on a single project.
(d) To sell a large quantity of items to many customers.

2. What does Evan want to buy with his earnings?
(a) An iPod.
(b) A new bike.
(c) An Xbox.
(d) A video game.

3. What does Evan hear from above the basement in Chapter 1?
(a) The sound of his sister crying.
(b) His parents arguing.
(c) The scraping of an old air conditioner.
(d) Dinner being prepared.

4. How does Evan explain the lights being out in the basement to his sister?
(a) He says that it is too hot with the lights on.
(b) He says that he is watching a scary movie.
(c) He tells her that he is playing a video game.
(d) He tells her that it is none of her business.

5. In Chapter 1, Evan states that there are how many days of summer left?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what is one way Jessie considers getting Evan in trouble?

2. If buying something is only half about getting something, as Mrs. Treski says, what is the other half?

3. At the end of Chapter 4, why does Jessie think, "...how come she didn't feel like she'd won anything at all" (58)?

4. What is one reason the boys set up their first lemonade stand where they do in Chapter 3?

5. What does Evan use instead of lemonade when he and Scott run out?

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