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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 did Crystal meet with at school on the day of her death?
(a) Her cheerleading squad.
(b) Her boyfriend and his friends.
(c) The school principal.
(d) The school counselor.

2. Who did Carl's lawyer write to for help breaking the diary code?
(a) NASA.
(b) The Department of Defense.
(c) Mrs. Tate.
(d) Crystial's best friend.

3. Who does Joe credit with keeping his mother under control when he was a boy?
(a) Grandma May.
(b) Jeremy's father.
(c) Grandpa Bill.
(d) His father.

4. What movie is Jeremy obsessed with when he meets Lila for the first time?
(a) Spy Kids.
(b) He does not watch movies.
(c) Pirates of the Caribbean.
(d) The Lion King.

5. What does Carl say to Joe when he is finished telling the story of his grandfather's death?
(a) That it was not Joe's fault.
(b) That sometimes good people die.
(c) That he let his grandfather down.
(d) That Joe is a murderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Berthel Collins involved in Carl's case?

2. Why might Carl have been treated badly by other prisoners while he served his time?

3. Why is Virgil hostile toward Joe when they first meet?

4. How does Joe feel after telling his secret to Carl?

5. Why does Joe have to see his mother up at the Mower County Courthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Carl and Joe make some big assumptions about each other during their first meeting. What does Carl assume about Joe?

2. Why does Joe Talbert visit Hillview Manor at the beginning of the book?

3. Why did Joe step into a bar for the first time when he was ten years old?

4. How does Joe try to get Lila Nash to notice him at the beginning of the book?

5. What illness does Carl Iverson have? Is he recieveing treatment?

6. Joe's mother is bipolar. How does Joe describe her behavior in Chapter 3?

7. What crime was Carl Iverson convicted of committing?

8. Why does Terry Bremer call Joe when his mother does not come home?

9. Virgil accuses Joe of using Carl. Is this true?

10. How does the short document about Carl's war service conflict with his crime?

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