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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Lars’s horse?
(a) Dodger.
(b) Jake.
(c) Elwood.
(d) Angel.

2. In what year did Hurricane Joan occur?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1968.

3. What is the name of Akira’s sister?
(a) Hildi.
(b) Bruni.
(c) Sue.
(d) Gerti.

4. To which people does George belong?
(a) Mushkegowuk.
(b) Inupiaq.
(c) Tlingit.
(d) Meskwaki.

5. In which of the following does Natalie live?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) Pembroke Pines.
(c) Hialeah.
(d) Pembroke Pines.

6. Which of the following does Owen find in the snowmobile’s cargo compartment?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Excedrin.
(c) Advil.
(d) Bayer.

7. In what month do the novel’s events in Miami occur?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) October.

8. What color is Akira’s backpack?
(a) Puce.
(b) Purple.
(c) Pink.
(d) Periwinkle.

9. Which of the following causes does Akira’s mother posit for the Morris fire?
(a) Sparking electric lines.
(b) Arsonists.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Spilled grills.

10. Which of the following does Owen’s mother send with her son?
(a) Cupcakes.
(b) Brownies.
(c) Jerky.
(d) Cookies.

11. With which of the following do the Parts 1 begin?
(a) “Akira looked up in a daze.”
(b) “Sue looked over Akira’s shoulder.”
(c) “I can’t go with you.”
(d) “Dad, look. A wildfire!”

12. With which of the following do the Parts 3 begin?
(a) “Sue looked over Akira’s shoulder.”
(b) “Akira’s arms and legs went weak.”
(c) “I can’t go with you.”
(d) “Akira’s house was barely visible.”

13. Which school do Owen and George attend?
(a) Earl of Winston.
(b) Baron of Salem.
(c) Duke of Marlborough.
(d) Marquess of Pall Mall.

14. What sound does the novel assign to the cracker shells used to scare bears?
(a) CH-CHIK!
(b) BLAM!
(c) WHAP!
(d) PAKOW!

15. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Addie.
(b) Tiffany.
(c) Maddie.
(d) Stephanie.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Owen compare his blood?

2. In which town is the hospital Akira thinks to send Sue to?

3. What is the breed of Beatriz’s dog?

4. How old is Owen when the novel starts?

5. Which of the following does George note his people venerate?

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