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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does Max use to describe Kevin's voice when he is in the ICU?
(a) Weak.
(b) Whistley.
(c) Croaky.
(d) Faint.

2. According to Max, what food does Kevin love?
(a) Chop suey.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Burgers.
(d) Pizza.

3. What does Max's father claim "those people did" to him, when he was telling Max about all the injustice he has faced?
(a) Stole his son.
(b) Stole his life.
(c) Stole his heart.
(d) Stole his dreams.

4. Where does Max want to go when Kevin is at the doctor, after the kidnapping?
(a) Nowhere; he should be able to stay home.
(b) To school so he does not have to think about it.
(c) To the doctor with Kevin.
(d) To the ice cream shop.

5. What does Grim say Max inherited from his father?
(a) His size.
(b) His brain.
(c) His heart.
(d) His fears.

6. Where does Max put the book Kevin gives to him in the hospital?
(a) Next to the picture from the paper.
(b) In the box Kevin gave him for Christmas.
(c) On the fireplace mantle.
(d) Under his bed.

7. Who always says "You can't always judge a book by the cover"?
(a) Kevin.
(b) Gram.
(c) Gwen.
(d) Grim.

8. Where does Mrs. Donelli wait for Max to go before asking him questions that she would no longer ask him in class?
(a) Study hall.
(b) On the steps leaving school.
(c) The lunchroom.
(d) The hallways.

9. What smell does Max first recognize when he enters "the other place" with his father?
(a) Trash.
(b) Rotten meat.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Wet dog.

10. What is sitting empty on top of the "old bat's" television- in the apartment that Max's father takes him to hide out?
(a) A fruit bowl.
(b) A cereal box.
(c) A fish bowl.
(d) A candy bowl.

11. What does Gram get from Max for Christmas?
(a) A ring.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A pair of socks.
(d) A necklace.

12. Who does Kevin say that he wants to live with when he tells Gwen to put him up for adoption?
(a) His English teacher.
(b) The Waltons.
(c) His doctor.
(d) Max.

13. What wakes Max up on Christmas Eve?
(a) Someone breathing.
(b) An alarm.
(c) HIs lights coming on.
(d) A door banging.

14. What is the name of Max's reading skills tutor?
(a) Preston.
(b) Skinner.
(c) Meehan.
(d) Hampton.

15. What does Max's father claim is the reason he was not good enough for Max's mother?
(a) His record.
(b) His job.
(c) His looks.
(d) His bank account.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Max become when he finds out about Kevin's death?

2. When does Kevin tell Max that he will be coming home from the ICU?

3. What does Kevin ask for during Christmas Eve dinner that makes Gram laugh so hard that she has a coughing fit?

4. What does Gram ask Max if he has when they are talking about Kevin's trips to the doctor, after Max tells her that they are a team?

5. What does Grim say are told to "entertain"?

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