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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. What does Will promise he will do for Marcus in Chapter 26?
(a) Teach him how to be cool.
(b) Convince Ellie to be Marcus' girlfriend.
(c) Bring his parents back together.
(d) Help him improve his grades.

2. What creates tension between Fiona and Lindsey in Chapter 23?
(a) A fight between Fiona and Clive.
(b) A twenty-year old feud.
(c) Lindsey forgot a present for Fiona.
(d) Fiona taunts Lindsey's outfit.

3. Who is Ellie?
(a) A teacher's assistant.
(b) The school troublemaker.
(c) The smartest kid at school.
(d) Marcus' cousin.

4. Where does Marcus refuse to go in Chapter 31?
(a) To school.
(b) To Will's.
(c) To his house.
(d) To see his father.

5. What does Marcus tell Will about when he gets to his apartment in Chapter 20?
(a) His future goals.
(b) His meeting with the headmistress.
(c) His birthday party.
(d) His grades at school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marcus try to keep Ellie from seeing the newspapers in Chapter 31?

2. Where do Will and Fiona go to eat in Chapter 32?

3. What does Rachel suggest she do in Chapter 30?

4. What does Marcus do at the end of Chapter 26?

5. What does Will decide about Christmas in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lie does Will tell Rachel?

2. What does the reader learn about Ellie's mother in Chapter 25?

3. What happens outside a news agent in Chapter 27?

4. Why does Marcus become angry at Ellie in Chapter 29?

5. Why does Marcus run out of the house in Chapter 26?

6. What does Will tell Marcus in Chapter 20 when Marcus tells Will about his run-in with Ellie?

7. Who argues in Chapter 23?

8. What shocks Marcus' classmates in Chapter 21?

9. What does Will confess to Rachel in Chapter 28?

10. How does Fiona react when she finds out about Marcus' visits to Will's house?

(see the answer keys)

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