View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jane react to finding out that Davey is moving?
(a) She says nothing.
(b) She is scared for Davey.
(c) She is happy.
(d) She cries.

2. What causes Davey to become afraid of everything?
(a) Malicious intentions of others.
(b) Death.
(c) Loss.
(d) Money.

3. Who is the first to congratulate Davey after the play is over?
(a) Reuben.
(b) Ned.
(c) Jason.
(d) Wolf.

4. Who suggests that Davey begin seeing a psychiatrist?
(a) Jane.
(b) Walter.
(c) Bitsy.
(d) Gwen.

5. What does Davey hope that Hugh and Leyana will see in her at the end of the book?
(a) Changes.
(b) Traces of a tiger.
(c) Traces of Wolf.
(d) Traces of her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives to school drunk for the play audition?

2. Who else is a patient of Davey's psychiatrist?

3. Where does Davey store the brown paper bag in Chapter 35?

4. Before they move back home, how does Jason feel about it?

5. Who does Davey write letters to in her room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the candle that Davey buys a symbol of?

2. What is a theme in Chapter 39?

3. What is Jason's reaction to moving back to Atlantic City?

4. Why does Davey feel hesitant to trust Miriam?

5. How does Davey's concept of Los Alamos change after she is in the play?

6. What does the last chapter of the story represent?

7. How does Davey's family feel about Ned dating Gwen?

8. Why does Davey's voice soften when she talks about the details of Adam's death?

9. What prompts Davey to finally lash out at Walter, Bitsy, and Gwen?

10. What is the play that Davey is in a symbol of?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 718 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample