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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. Where do Jess and his parents go at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) To Leslie’s funeral.
(b) Out to dinner.
(c) To the school.
(d) To the Perkins place to visit Leslie’s parents.

2. When Bill hugs Jesse in Chapter 12, what is physically uncomfortable?
(a) Bill is holding him tight and it is hard for Jess to breathe.
(b) Bill does not hug Jesses.
(c) Jess has a crink in his neck.
(d) A button from Bill’s shirt is pressing into Jesse’s forehead.

3. What is Jess’ mother worried had happened in Chapter 10?
(a) His mother wasn’t worried.
(b) That he ran away.
(c) That he was kidnapped.
(d) That he drowned in the creek.

4. What is unusual when Jess returns home from the gallery?
(a) His father’s truck is already parked in front of the house.
(b) No one is at his house.
(c) Leslie is waiting for him at the road.
(d) His entire family is waiting for him by the road.

5. What is the rule at Lark Creek, which is more important than anything?
(a) “You never befriended members of the opposite sex.”
(b) “You never ask questions.”
(c) “You never mixed up troubles at home with life at school.”
(d) “You never admitted to being hungry.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How old would Leslie be the year she died?

2. When does Leslie finally tell Jess what happened with Janice Avery?

3. What happened to Leslie?

4. What happens when Jess and Miss Edmunds leave the gallery?

5. What do Brenda and Ellie accuse Jess of the morning after finding out Leslie is dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jess resolve to talk to Leslie about in Chapter 10? What does he anticipate will be her reaction?

2. What does Jess help Mr. Burke and Leslie do?

3. What does Miss Edmunds want Jess to see in the galleries?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Jess muses on the differences between his own mother and Judy, Leslie’s mother. What differences does he think about?

5. Why is Jess in such a hurry to get out of his house the morning that Miss Edmunds’ invites him to Washington D.C.?

6. Why is Jesse upset that Leslie is being cremated?

7. Why does Mr. Burke find Jess so helpful?

8. Why doesn’t Jess’s mom buy her daughers new clothes for Easter Sunday?

9. How Jesse’s father is portrayed differently in Chapter 11? What does he do?

10. Why does Jess describe his day with Miss Edmunds as the “perfect day”?

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