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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Levi first try to meet up with Boaz?
(a) He drives to Brunton and walks East on a secondary road.
(b) He walks towards Boaz from Orange.
(c) He drives down all the secondary roads towards Runnels.
(d) He leaves a message at what he figures is Boaz's next stop.

2. Where does Pearl drive Levi?
(a) Syracuse
(b) Newark
(c) Trenton
(d) Poughkeepsie

3. Why does Levi stop at a Chinese restaurant?
(a) To ask directions back to the motel.
(b) To rest for a few moments.
(c) To get some tea.
(d) Pearl wanted him to bring some takeout back.

4. Why is Levi enraged enough to pound on Boaz's door?
(a) He heard Lim upset in the backyard.
(b) He saw all of the camping equipment Amanda bought Boaz.
(c) He heard Christina crying on the porch.
(d) He saw Amanda crying in her bedroom.

5. What legislative bill is being protested in Washington, D. C. in a few days?
(a) A bill changing the benefits for soldiers with disabilities
(b) A bill to cut funding to the military
(c) A bill to limit unemployment compensation to those who voluntarily choose to not re-enlist
(d) A bill to increase the number of soldiers in the war

6. Where do Levi and Boaz arrive to find a welcoming banner?
(a) Riverside, New Jersey
(b) Baltimore, Maryland
(c) Trenton, New Jersey
(d) Pisacataway, New Jersey

7. When does Levi stop in his first attempt at encountering Boaz?
(a) When he gets back to his original starting point.
(b) After about an hour of walking.
(c) When he gets back to Runnels.
(d) When Pearl forces him to stop.

8. Why does Levi rush outside?
(a) To call their mother
(b) So Boaz does not see Levi is tearful
(c) To run after Boaz
(d) To call Pearl and Zim

9. Why do several men lift up Jack onto the stage?
(a) They are yelling for him to speak.
(b) There is no ramp.
(c) They do not put him on stage, but bring him the microphone.
(d) His wheelchair tire is flat.

10. What does Levi wonder when he sees Boaz walking down the street?
(a) If Boaz is really going to hike the Appalachian trail.
(b) If Boaz cares about anyone but himself.
(c) If Boaz will find some peace wherever he's going.
(d) If Levi will ever see his brother again.

11. What does Celine tell her father about her plans?
(a) She is going to visit Levi at his home.
(b) She is going to walk to her mother's house.
(c) She is going to get a job.
(d) She is going to Washington, D.C. to join the protest.

12. Who knocks on the motel door the next morning?
(a) Celine
(b) Pearl and Zim
(c) A war buddy of Boaz's
(d) Amanda

13. What does Dov want when he calls the next morning?
(a) To bring them some more money and letters
(b) To meet Levi and Dov in Baltimore
(c) To meet Celine and Levi
(d) To see how they are doing

14. Where does Levi take his skateboard?
(a) The Museum of Natural History
(b) An area near the White House
(c) The Washington Monument
(d) The Museum of American History

15. What makes Boaz and Jack laugh until they cry?
(a) A joke they had learned at war
(b) A story about Jack's ex-wife
(c) A story about one of their war buddies
(d) Seeing Levi's shaved head

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason Boaz says he walks instead of rides?

2. What astonishes Levi when they reach Celine's aunt's house?

3. What does Levi find in Boaz's closet?

4. Why does Levi call Christina early the next morning?

5. Why do the three friends get a motel room?

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