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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the bees become disoriented in "Lost"?
(a) The local farmers have sprayed a pesticide on their crops.
(b) Their colony now has 4 queens.
(c) Petey and Mel are unsure.
(d) They migrated too far west.

2. In the chapter titled "The Promise Ring," what literary device is predominant?
(a) Poetic devices.
(b) Theme.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Alliteration.

3. Which word best describes Sean's reaction to the new goat in "Sees the Fire"?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Antipathy.

4. Why might Roza choose to give the beast, whom she has named Rus, eel pies?
(a) To make it like and trust her.
(b) To make the cook happy.
(c) To make Rus sick.
(d) To help her escape immediately.

5. How do Petey's classmates and the townspeople (except for her close friends) act toward her after the party she was at with the farm boy?
(a) Vengeful.
(b) Accepting.
(c) Judgmental.
(d) Argumentative.

6. Why doesn't Roza eat the fruit in the kitchen of her abductor's house in "Jump"?
(a) She thinks it looks too old to eat.
(b) She fears that it could be poisoned.
(c) She isn't hungry.
(d) She is allergic to most types of fruit.

7. What had Roza been studying when she was in college?
(a) Botany.
(b) Zoology.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Chemistry.

8. How was Didi affected by her husband's death?
(a) She began using drugs.
(b) She went alone on a cross-country hike and never came back.
(c) She began stealing money from her job.
(d) She went to prison after beating up her next-door neighbor.

9. What are Finn and Miguel being careful about in "Lost"?
(a) 18-wheeler trucks.
(b) Barbed wire.
(c) Wild pigs.
(d) The flu.

10. Finn and Petey's horse ride includes what journey in "Sees the Fire"?
(a) A trip to visit other horses for a long time.
(b) A trip through a European supermarket.
(c) A trip through a forest.
(d) A trip through the ocean.

11. Which word best describes how Finn feels in the unexpected encounter in "Lost"?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Humorous.

12. Why doesn't Roza leave the house as soon as the kidnapper leaves in "Run"?
(a) The man had politely requested that Roza stay there.
(b) Armed guards are standing watch outside the house.
(c) The doors to the outside and the windows will not open.
(d) The house is in the middle of a desert, so there is nowhere she could go.

13. How does Roza develop her plan to escape in "Jump"?
(a) She sees a man on television break off a bar that holds a mattress in place.
(b) She reads about it in a novel in the living room.
(c) She uses a tactic that her grandmother taught her.
(d) She reads about a prison escape in the newspaper.

14. Mel laughs and changes the subject when Petey says which word in "Get Real"?
(a) Altercation.
(b) Tablespoon.
(c) Stop.
(d) Teaspoon.

15. When he arrives at Petey's, how does Finn know which window to knock on to get her attention in "Sees the Fire"?
(a) Mel Wills is standing outside and tells him which window to knock on.
(b) The horse indicates which window.
(c) Petey called and told him.
(d) He knocks on the same window he knocked on in his dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Petey and Finn do before Finn leaves in "Sees the Fire"?

2. What does Mrs. Lonogan seem to assume about Finn and his mother?

3. Why is Sean knowledgeable about how to fix Roza's injuries?

4. What does Finn hear talking to him at times, according to the narrator in "Showdown"?

5. In what season is the chapter titled "Lost" set?

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