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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Jeremy receives a job offer from Bob Veatch, what does he tell his father he has to do first?
(a) Jeremy argues that he is still unsure about the job, and that he wants his father to stop pressuring him.
(b) Jeremy tells his dad he will most likely decline Bob Veatch's offer and stay at Video Hut.
(c) Jeremy tells his father he has to talk to Sarah Jane at the Video Hut and possibly put in his notice.
(d) Jeremy decides that he will quit Video Hut immediately and start the new job.

2. How is Lisa farmhouse described by Jeremy upon his first visit, at the end of Part One, Chapter 7?
(a) Jeremy sees the house in flames.
(b) Jeremy describes a house that is so isolated, he could barely find it.
(c) Jeremy describes her house as being large and rickety.
(d) Jeremy sees that every light is on in the house.

3. What does Jeremy mean when he says he and his father eat at the dinner table, "like a family" (13)?
(a) Jeremy wants the reader to know that his father is abusive, but pretends they are a family.
(b) Jeremy means that his father and mother make him eat dinner together.
(c) Jeremy expresses this sentiment, because he feels left out of his family.
(d) Jeremy means that they are an incomplete family without his mother, but his father still tries.

4. How does Jeremy respond when his father says that he is dating again?
(a) Jeremy gets very upset and told his dad that it was too soon.
(b) Jeremy tells his dad that his mother would have wanted him to be happy.
(c) Jeremy yells at his father for being selfish.
(d) Jeremy asks his dad questions about this new woman.

5. What is one of the movies played in rotation at Video Hut?
(a) "The Muppet Movie" (11).
(b) "Reindeer Games" (11).
(c) "Targets" (11).
(d) "She's All That" '(11).

6. Why does Stephanie visit Video Hut a second time?
(a) Stephanie wants to know if Sarah Jane has seen the video she returned.
(b) Stephanie wants a refund for the malfunctioning video due to its content.
(c) Stephanie wants to know if Jeremy has seen the video she returned.
(d) Stephanie wants to tell Jeremy more about the video she watched.

7. What metaphor does the narrator make about snakes to people on Page 62?
(a) Snakes have to be cunning and smart; people have to approach life in the same way to survive.
(b) People and snakes both have to be free agents, shed their skin, and become new again.
(c) People move on without thinking of the events they have left behind in the same way a snake leaves its shed skin; it is not their fault for what is left behind.
(d) People are similar to snakes, because try to shed their skin or past experiences, yet those experiences are always with them.

8. In Part One, Chapter 8, where does Lisa Sample say she spent a short while before moving to Collins?
(a) Madison, Wisconsin.
(b) Ames, Iowa.
(c) Nevada, Iowa.
(d) Las Vegas, Nevada.

9. How does Jeremy feel about his father's request about future jobs?
(a) Jeremy feels like "his father is being nosy, because he feels ashamed of" (7) Jeremy.
(b) Jeremy feels like "there wasn't much else to say" (7).
(c) Jeremy feels as if his father is trying to make him stay home for selfish reasons.
(d) Jeremy feels as if his father is too "tired to answer each other's questions about it..." (7).

10. On one of the first mornings that Sarah Jane stays at Lisa's in Part One, Chapter 12, she sees a picture on the wall that has been personalized with a note: What does the note say?
(a) The picture had bold black writing at the type that stated, "Are you going back to get your things?" (81).
(b) The note reads, "You're always welcome back at Henry's! Love Irene" (81).
(c) The scribbled writing states, "The view in the morning is really something" (81).
(d) At the bottom of the picture it read, "You already know a little about the business" (81).

11. Where is the setting of the story?
(a) Portland, Massachusetts.
(b) New York City, New York.
(c) Las Vegas, Nevada.
(d) Nevada, Iowa.

12. What revelation does Stephanie make about the scenes from the two videos?
(a) Stephanie determines that the setting is the same.
(b) Stephanie cannot seem to figure out where the two scenes take place at.
(c) Stephanie is certain the same woman is in both scenes.
(d) Stephanie makes Jeremy watch the videos again to look for how the camera angles are the same.

13. What connection does Stephanie make about the two of the videos at lunch?
(a) Stephanie is certain the two videos were made from the same person.
(b) Stephanie says that the woman in both videos is the same.
(c) Stephanie sees that the same shed/building is in the videos.
(d) Stephanie wants Jeremy to see that the length of the two scenes is the same: nine minutes.

14. Who does Ezra live with?
(a) Ezra lives with his mother and father.
(b) Ezra lives with his stepfather.
(c) Ezra lives with his sister, Stephanie.
(d) Ezra lives alone.

15. What is Sarah Jane's first conclusion after watching one of the video's unusual scenes in Part One, Chapter 5?
(a) Sarah Jane wants to put the video back on the shelf.
(b) Sarah Jane says that the video has to be thrown away and never spoken about.
(c) Sarah Jane wants to possibly call the police.
(d) Sarah Jane asks Jeremy to burn all of the videos with weird scenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ezra say Sarah Jane will not be coming to work in Part One, Chapter 7?

2. Who is the first customer to greet main character, Jeremy Heldt, at Video Hut Part One, Chapter 1?

3. When Jeremy opens Video Hut, what does he have to do first?

4. Who wants Sarah Jane to return to the videos, because it is time, in Part One, Chapter 10?

5. What is the first job Jeremy's father, Steve, recommends Jeremy take?

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