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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rick tell the man happened to him?
(a) His stuff was stolen on the highway.
(b) His mother just died.
(c) He is fleeing an abusive father.
(d) His motorcycle broke down.

2. Why does the judge send him to Blue Canyon?
(a) It has a better school program.
(b) He does not like Rick.
(c) It is a strict place.
(d) There are no opening anywhere else.

3. What does Killian tell Rick at dinner?
(a) That he likes to eat pie.
(b) That guards want older kids to beat up Rick.
(c) That his mother is coming for him.
(d) That the guards like Rick.

4. What is Rick's biggest problem with escaping the detention center?
(a) Disappointing his social worker.
(b) Getting food.
(c) Finding a car to steal.
(d) Where to go.

5. What is a boy from Rick's unit doing in Phoenix?
(a) Living on the streets.
(b) He's back living with his father.
(c) Going to school.
(d) Working for his aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lon's real name?

2. How does Rick get outside the night he escapes?

3. How does Rick get over the barbed wire?

4. What does Rick tell the driver of the second car about his belongings?

5. How does Rick get his third ride?

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