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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. Why is Max able to visit Kevin in the ICU?
(a) A nurse snuck Max in.
(b) He began to "crash" when Max was refused entry.
(c) Gwen begged for him to be let in.
(d) What Kevin wants, he gets.

2. What does Loretta call Max right before his father begins choking her?
(a) Sweetie.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Baby.

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

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

5. What does Max's father compare cops to in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Max's father tell him that he cannot watch without crying?

2. What does Max's father claim "those people did" to him, when he was telling Max about all the injustice he has faced?

3. According to Max, what food does Kevin love?

4. What is on the pages of the book that Kevin gives to Max in the ICU?

5. What is the name of the electronic gear Kevin is hooked up to in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do both Kevin and Max get each other for Christmas?

2. How is Kevin dressed for the Christmas Eve dinner at Max's house?

3. Why does Kevin think that his tracheotomy is cool?

4. What does Max do when Mrs.Donalli asks him a question in class?

5. What does Max's father claim is a "crime against humanity"?

6. What causes Max to pull out the empty book one year after Kevin's death?

7. What happens to force Max to believe that "spooky stuff" happens on all Friday the Thirteenths?

8. Why does Max's father believe that Grim and Gram thought he was not good enough for their daughter?

9. Why does Loretta come to the abandoned basement to rescue Max?

10. What does Max's father do to ensure that Max does not escape from the abandoned basement?

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