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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, What kind of stories does Maren collect in her journal?
(a) She collects stories about space.
(b) She collects stories about the ocean.
(c) She collects stories about ancient Egyptians.
(d) She collects monster stories.

2. Why does Maren go to her maternal grandparent's house?
(a) To find out if she is adopted.
(b) To find her dad.
(c) So she can talk to her mom.
(d) To find her brother.

3. What does Maren do in the kitchen the morning after her mom leaves?
(a) She makes breakfast.
(b) She writes a letter to her mom.
(c) She writes a letter to her father.
(d) She throws a plate on the floor.

4. What does Maren discover about about Mrs. Harmon after she wakes up from her first nap?
(a) Mrs. Harmon left the house.
(b) Mrs. Harmon called the police on Maren.
(c) Mrs. Harmon died in her sleep.
(d) Mrs. Harmon knows Maren's mom

5. How do Lee and Maren leave the Walmart parking lot?
(a) They hitch a ride.
(b) They walk.
(c) They drive away in Barry Cook's truck.
(d) They drive away in Andy's car.

6. Who do Maren and Lee listen to on the radio at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Sportscaster Neil Rysman
(b) Frank Tavery.
(c) Rabbi Jonah Mitchell.
(d) Reverand Thomas Figtree.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 1, what does Maren's mom find in Maren's mouth?
(a) Maren lost a tooth.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The hammer of Penny's eardrum.
(d) Baby food stuck in her mouth.

8. According to Maren's sixth grade classmate, Stuart, why are redback spiders called black widows?
(a) Because the female dies after giving birth.
(b) Because the female eats the mates of other females.
(c) Because the male kills the female after sex.
(d) Because the female eats the male after sex.

9. Who is Andy?
(a) A boy who works at Walmart.
(b) Sully's friend.
(c) Maren's brother.
(d) The boy in the green jersey.

10. At the end of Chapter 4, Why does Maren think of her teacher Miss Anderson?
(a) Maren thinks Miss Anderson ate people
(b) Lee reminds Maren of Miss Anderson's son.
(c) Maren thinks Lee says something that Miss Anderson used to say all the time in class
(d) Maren thinks she sees Miss Anderson at the Walmart

11. How did Maren get sick after summer camp?
(a) She got a cold.
(b) She got an ear infection.
(c) She got a stomach virus.
(d) She got the flu.

12. What is Maren's plan directly after leaving Andy's car?
(a) She wants to find Sully.
(b) She wants to find the boy with the green jersey.
(c) She wants to go back to her mom.
(d) She wants to walk out into traffic.

13. Where is Lee's hometown?
(a) Sanford, North Carolina.
(b) Baltimore, Maryland.
(c) Nashville, Tennessee.
(d) Tingley, Virginia.

14. What is Lee's nickname for his babysitter?
(a) Beanhag
(b) Goya.
(c) Pinkerwitch.
(d) Wilsonwitch

15. What does the boy in the green jersey do to the drunken cowboy?
(a) The boy beats him up.
(b) The boy eats him.
(c) The boy helps him with his groceries.
(d) The boy turns him into the Walmart security.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Andy in his car?

2. In Maren's dream, who does she know painted the words on the walls?

3. What does Luke do to Maren in the second kind of dream that Maren has about him?

4. What does Mrs. Harmon promise to teach Maren after their naps?

5. Why does Barry's ex-girlfriend come knocking at the door?

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