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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 the venue across the street from the Mall where “all the big stars appeared,” including “New Kids on the Block and Billy Joel and Madonna”?
(a) The Landside Arena
(b) The Concertplex
(c) The Burnside Arena
(d) The Concenter

2. Jane describes her house and the street it is on as something like you might see in what old television show in Part One?
(a) The Brady Bunch
(b) Lassie
(c) Leave it to Beaver
(d) The Brat Pack

3. How old is the Avenger described from his perspective in Part One?
(a) 11
(b) 16
(c) 14
(d) 13

4. What is the name of the high school that Jane attends in the novel?
(a) Burnside High
(b) Landside High
(c) Petersville High
(d) McKinley High

5. What do Harry and his gang blow up outside of Wickburg with Harry’s fireworks in Part One?
(a) Billboards
(b) Sheds
(c) Cows
(d) Mailboxes

6. On what date does Mickey tell Jane it will be time to plant the tomatoes in Part One?
(a) July 1
(b) April 30
(c) June 30
(d) May 30

7. What does Jane recall as the “worst mark of her life” in Part One?
(a) A C-plus in English
(b) A D in History
(c) A D-minus in P.E>
(d) A C-minus in Math

8. What is one of the few things that the home invaders did not break in the Jerome home, according to Jane in Part One?
(a) Mirrors
(b) Glasses
(c) Windows
(d) Bottles

9. On what floor of the high-rise for the elderly does the Avenger’s grandfather live on in the novel?
(a) The fifth floor
(b) The tenth floor
(c) The fourth floor
(d) The third floor

10. What are the names of the girls that Jane has befriended since she’s transferred to her new school?
(a) Karen Smith and Betty Masters
(b) Patti Amarelli and Leslie Cairns
(c) Felicia Gray and Jessica Peters
(d) Sarah Gilliam and Rachel Duncan

11. What is the name of the man who is friends with Jane’s father and the boss of the work crew that repairs the damages to their house in Part One?
(a) Mr. Stallings
(b) Mr. Smith
(c) Mr. Stoddard
(d) Mr. Peacock

12. What do Randy and Marty argue about as Buddy and his friends drive away from the house they’ve demolished in Part One?
(a) Whether or not they should have trashed the house
(b) Whether or not the girl was raped
(c) The merits of ketchup and mustard
(d) Whether or not the girl was killed

13. At what time does the narrator say the home invaders enter the house in the beginning of Part One?
(a) 9:02 p.m.
(b) 8:20 p.m.
(c) 10:15 p.m.
(d) 2:00 a.m.

14. Who is the bully described from the Avenger’s perspective that “spent the day snickering” in Part One?
(a) Randy Pierce
(b) Vaughn Masterson
(c) Amos Dalton
(d) Mickey Stallings

15. What is the label that Harry Flowers gives for the exploits of his gang in Part One?
(a) Danger Time
(b) Funtime
(c) Vengeance
(d) Wild Time

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane tell her friends people call Mickey Stallings behind his back in Part One?

2. Buddy’s mother is described in Part One as working five days a week in what position in Wickburg?

3. How much allowance does Buddy’s father send him once a week after he’s moved out of the house in Part One?

4. What doctor do Artie’s parents take him to when his night terrors begin in Part One?

5. What kind of grades does the Avenger get most of the time, according to the narrator in Part One?

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