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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. In what country are glaciers noted to form?
(a) Canada.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Australia.

2. With which of the following does "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" begin?
(a) “My Thanksgiving nightmare began with family pictures.”
(b) “CURRENT DATE IS FRI, 29-01-2016.”
(c) “Lunch raged around us.”
(d) “Life isn’t fair.”

3. Which ocean freezes on 29 January 2016?
(a) Pacific.
(b) Southern.
(c) Atlantic.
(d) Indian.

4. With which of the following does "25 December 2015" begin?
(a) “Audrey’s bedroom hadn’t changed much in the year since I’d seen it last.”
(b) “I wish I could say that it was my idea, but that honor belonged to Jesse Franklin.”
(c) “Mom decided to celebrate New Year’s Eve with her girlfriends at the Hard Rock Casino.”
(d) “Grief is an ocean, and guilt the undertow that pulls me beneath the waves and drowns me.”

5. What does Henry compare Diego to?
(a) Anole.
(b) Iguana.
(c) Chameleon.
(d) Gecko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What make of car does Henry’s mother drive?

2. Who is the subject of the film Faraci plays on the last day of school before the holiday break?

3. Who posted a picture of Jesse running a race?

4. With which of the following does "22 December 2015" begin?

5. What model of Jeep does Charlie drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Henry posit for mothers thinking their sons handsome?

2. For what is Audrey’s mother notable?

3. What reasons does Henry give for saying he means to attend Brown University?

4. What does Henry suggest would be the case if life were fair?

5. What does Henry assert would be worse than finding the dead body of one’s child?

6. What injuries does Diego suffer after his sister falls from a cottonwood tree?

7. How does Henry understand Marcus’s self-concept?

8. On what condition does Henry agree to skip school with Diego?

9. What effect does the use of Mind’s Eye have on society?

10. For what reasons does Henry abandon searching for his father?

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