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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the email?
(a) Nothing; there is not email.
(b) Chris Creed.
(c) A request for a greater allowance.
(d) His homesickness.

2. What does Torey imagine?
(a) That Chris is hanging in the game closet.
(b) That his father is a secret agent and is dead.
(c) That Ali is interested in Torey as a boyfriend.
(d) That since there had been an earthquake a few days ago, it's likely there will be another one.

3. Why did Torey hit Chris Creed?
(a) For leaning on Chris's new snare drum he brought to school.
(b) For touching the guitar Chris brought to school for show and tell.
(c) For singing a song out of tune.
(d) For blowing on Chris's new native American flute.

4. Who are the "boons?"
(a) Kids whose fathers worked in the mines.
(b) Kids who were of mixed race.
(c) Kids from the poor side of town.
(d) The men who distributed justice for the Mafia.

5. Why does Torey get angry while the boys are discussing the times they hit Chris Creed.
(a) Torey is not angry but rather amused.
(b) Because Torey feels they have tortured Chris all these years.
(c) Because Torey is trying to have a serious conversation and the other two are laughing.
(d) Because Torey thinks Chris's ghost will haunt them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Creed come down to the convenience store?

2. Who lives across the street from Ali?

3. With what part of the conversation is Torey uncomfortable?

4. What does Ali do that surprises Torey?

5. What do Torey and his friends do in the basement?

(see the answer key)

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