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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jake realize in Chapter 4 is the answer to Aaron Deepneau's riddle?
(a) A pond.
(b) A bear.
(c) A river.
(d) A giraffe.

2. From whom does Jake get a note in Chapter 20?
(a) Ms. Avery, his English Comp teacher.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Roland.
(d) Mr. Bissette, his French teacher.

3. What does Eddie draw in the dirt at the speaking ring in Chapter 25?
(a) A house.
(b) A rose.
(c) A key.
(d) A door.

4. In her shooting lessons in Chapter 1, what has Susannah forgotten if she aims with her hand?
(a) The support of her father.
(b) The love of her father.
(c) The hand of her father.
(d) The face of her father.

5. What two pictures has Jake pasted to the front of his Final Essay as revealed in Chapter 2?
(a) A dog and a cat.
(b) A door in London and an Amtrack train.
(c) A closet and a bus station.
(d) A beach and a desert.

6. What does Jake repeat to himself over and over as he walks in an empty lot in Chapter 16?
(a) This is crazy.
(b) It is all gone.
(c) Everything is still here.
(d) Leave me alone.

7. Why does Eddie decide he could never be better at anything than Henry in Chapter 3?
(a) Henry had a frail ego.
(b) Henry would have stopped watching out for Eddie.
(c) Henry was his big brother.
(d) Henry would have beat him up.

8. Where is the Great Portal?
(a) In Eddie's world.
(b) The center of six lines that connect the Twelve Portals.
(c) In Susannah's world.
(d) Off center of one of the Twelve Portals.

9. Who does Roland say the Great Old Ones were in Chapter 12?
(a) People who had almost the knowledge of gods.
(b) People who built the world Roland now lives in.
(c) People who destroyed Roland's family.
(d) People who now live in the stars.

10. To whom does Jake leave a note in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Shaw.
(b) Mr. Bissette.
(c) His parents.
(d) Ms. Avery.

11. What is the subject of Jake's Final Essay in English Comp as stated in Chapter 2?
(a) My Understanding of Honesty.
(b) My Summer Vacation.
(c) My Best Friend.
(d) My Understanding of Truth.

12. What shape does Eddie draw in the dirt in Chapter 17?
(a) The shape of a key.
(b) A gun.
(c) A rose.
(d) A broken tooth.

13. What is it that Roland claims to want in Chapter 1?
(a) Music.
(b) Sanity.
(c) Silence.
(d) Food.

14. Why is Jake reluctant to leave the rose in Chapter 18?
(a) He feels a need to protect it.
(b) He wants to take it to his mother.
(c) He wants to gaze at its beauty.
(d) He feels it is dangerous to him.

15. What does a billy-bumbler look like as described in Chapter 7?
(a) A cross between an elephant and a bear.
(b) A cross between a cat and a dog.
(c) A cross between a badger and a raccoon.
(d) A cross between a squirrel and a bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Roland build a fire in Chapter 17?

2. What is the Drawers according to Susannah?

3. Why does Roland call Susannah Odetta in Chapter 1?

4. Where does Roland claim he killed Jake in Chapter 13?

5. What name does Jake call the rose in Chapter 18?

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