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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. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what does Bobby realize is missing from the plane?
(a) The steering column.
(b) The fuselage.
(c) The satellite phone.
(d) The navigation rack.

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, what instrument does the girl play?
(a) Bassoon.
(b) Violin.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Clarinet.

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 2, in whose house is the girl living?
(a) Her grandmother's house.
(b) Her friend Janine's house.
(c) Oiler's house.
(d) Bobby's house.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, who supposedly found the downed plane in the first place?
(a) A fisherman.
(b) The coast guard.
(c) A barge operator.
(d) A helicopter pilot flying off the coast.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what is Long John's nickname for Bobby?
(a) Friar.
(b) Squire.
(c) The good doctor.
(d) Knight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, who does Bobby go downriver with?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, what does Bobby find wedged under a fallen tree on one of the islands that he investigates?

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 1, what is the other thing that the Kid accuses the girl of calling him that sh confirms that he is?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 2, what is the name of the of the office manager at the Taylor's?

5. In the Italicized section of Chapter 3, in what subject does the girl get a B?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Bobby find anything on his search of the cluster of islands?

2. Who is the bathless one and what does he do?

3. Where does Bobby move in after taking all his belongings out of his apartment?

4. How does the Kid talk? What is the reader's impression of the Kid from the ways he talks and the language that he uses.

5. How does the fire start in Bianca's apartment?

6. Who does the hunter find on his walk through the woods?

7. Of the Kid's cohorts, who is the only one that the girl cares about? Why does the kid not summon her for the girl?

8. What part does Bobby's father play in World War II?

9. While Bobby is sitting in the cathedral, what does Bobby remember his sister saying about the afterlife and God?

10. Why is the Kid called the Thalidomide Kid?

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