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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a big expense for Bug's mother when Uncle Roderick was sick?
(a) Books for Uncle Roderick.
(b) Hospice.
(c) Special furniture for Uncle Roderick.
(d) Time Bug's mother had to take off from work.

2. In Chapter Two, where did Roderick live before moving with Bug and her mother?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York City.

3. In Chapter Three, what does bug sometimes read in the morning?
(a) A novel.
(b) Instruction manuals.
(c) Her social media feeds.
(d) Comics.

4. What is different about Bug's mother crying in Chapter One?
(a) Nothing is different.
(b) Bug's mother tells her not to tell anyone she was crying.
(c) Bug feels she has to comfort her.
(d) Bug's mother never cries.

5. What did Bug always used to do with her uncle at night?
(a) Eat snacks.
(b) Play golf.
(c) Watch football.
(d) Read.

6. Who used to comfort Bug's mother if and when she cried?
(a) Bug's father.
(b) Uncle Roderick.
(c) Bug's grandmother.
(d) Bug's sister.

7. What is one reason Bug's mother wanted to move to the state where they live?
(a) She went to college there.
(b) Her family vacationed there when she was young.
(c) Her mother was born there.
(d) Bug's father is from there.

8. When did Bug's mother start her own business?
(a) After Bug's mother gets remarried.
(b) After Bug's mother got her teaching certification.
(c) After Bug's father died and Bug's mother got frustrated with bad sympathy cards.
(d) After Bug's mother learns how to run a restaurant.

9. Whose sister is an eighth-grader at Maplewood Middle School in Chapter Six?
(a) Mary's.
(b) Olive's.
(c) Alice's.
(d) Isla's.

10. What does Mo ask Bug's mother to start calling her?
(a) Moira.
(b) Betty.
(c) Maven.
(d) Maureen.

11. What was Mo's and Bug's relationship like when they were really young?
(a) Strained.
(b) One-sided.
(c) Based on liking to play outside.
(d) Perfect.

12. In Chapter Seven, what nightmare does Bug have?
(a) She is at school and does not know anyone.
(b) She is at the mall with friends and they are all naked, and everyone is laughing, but she can not really join in.
(c) She is falling.
(d) She is drowning.

13. How old was Roderick when he died?
(a) 46.
(b) 24.
(c) 32.
(d) 50.

14. How does Bug make her way through the conversation in Chapter Six with all the other girls?
(a) By feigning interest.
(b) By pretending she is her mother.
(c) By getting angry.
(d) By pretending she is her sister.

15. How does Bug feel when her friend hugs her at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Warm.
(c) Awkward.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bug have to pick out of Moira's foot in Chapter Five?

2. What did Uncle Roderick have a large collection of?

3. Who used to sometimes go to Moira's house for the journey with Bug?

4. What did Bug used to like to drink with Uncle Roderick?

5. Why does Bug decide not to tell her mother about what happens to her room in Chapter Six?

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