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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. What debate does Tyler have with himself?
(a) The best position for killing himself.
(b) If he believes in an afterlife for people who suicide.
(c) Whether he should kill himself somewhere that a stranger will find him.
(d) If he is a coward.

2. Where does Tyler leave Bethany after the party?
(a) In the driveway of the party house.
(b) In the Jeep in the Milbury's driveway.
(c) In her own bedroom.
(d) Passed out in the garden at the party house.

3. What do Hannah and Tyler's mother do while Tyler is sleeping?
(a) They do not even know he is home.
(b) They try to wake him up after a few hours.
(c) They do not disturb him.
(d) They bring him dinner and wake him for that.

4. What "first" happens for Tyler while at the bonfire?
(a) He makes everyone laugh.
(b) He gets a kiss from Bethany.
(c) He is asked to sit with the "cool" kids.
(d) He feels confident and puts his arm around Bethany.

5. What does Tyler contemplate doing?
(a) Joining the military and finishing with a GED.
(b) Calling Bethany and telling how badly she's messed up his life.
(c) Committing suicide.
(d) Quitting school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tyler return to Janitor Joe?

2. What level does Tyler make in Tophet?

3. What does Tyler do at the river?

4. What word is misspelled on the football field?

5. What does Tyler find in his father's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tyler feel after the party, and what does he do?

2. How does Tyler feel about life when he wakes one morning, and what does he contemplate doing?

3. What happens when Tyler returns from the basement with the dictionary?

4. What transpires in the meeting with Tyler, the principal, and Tyler's mother?

5. What does Tyler find when he arrives at school on the Monday after the party?

6. How do many of the students treat Tyler in school, and how do Hannah and Yoda try to help him feel better?

7. Why does Tyler apologize to Bethany, and what is her response?

8. Describe Tyler's confrontation with his father in the basement

9. Where does Tyler first go to kill himself, and who helps him not to do it?

10. Why can't Tyler and Hannah sleep, and what does Hannah tell Tyler when she comes to his room?

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