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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will make up a story about in Chapter 8?
(a) His dying father.
(b) His ex-wife looking after Ned for the day.
(c) His favorite music.
(d) His career.

2. Who is Ned?
(a) Will's made-up son.
(b) Will's son.
(c) Will's father.
(d) Will's nephew.

3. What is Marcus frightened by in Chapter 5?
(a) His mother started crying at breakfast.
(b) Showing his mother his grades.
(c) A bully lurking outside his house.
(d) A spider.

4. Where does Marcus run into bullies in Chapter 7?
(a) At Church.
(b) In a graveyard.
(c) The local news agent's store.
(d) Outside his house.

5. Why does Marcus partly blame his mother for the trouble he faces at school?
(a) She always tells off his bullies.
(b) She makes him wear her hand-me-downs.
(c) She cuts his hair strangely.
(d) She doesn't let him listen to music or play video games that the other children like.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Marcus interrupt at the end of Chapter 8?

2. How does Marcus try to avoid bullies in Chapter 3?

3. What surprises Will when he tries to break it off with the woman in Chapter 4?

4. What does Fiona say is the reason that she has arranged for Marcus to go out on Saturday?

5. What do the bullies do to Marcus in Chapter 7?

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