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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) What Kevin wants, he gets.
(d) Gwen begged for him to be let in.

2. What does Max do whenever Mrs. Donelli asks him a question in class?
(a) All of those listed.
(b) Shrug.
(c) Wait.
(d) Smile.

3. How does "everybody" feel regarding the pictures in the paper detailing the kidnapping?
(a) Worried.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Honored.
(d) Safe.

4. Why does Max's reading skills tutor think Max has never done well in school?
(a) All of those listed.
(b) He is stubborn.
(c) He is lazy.
(d) He doesn't want to learn.

5. How does the taste of blood in Max's mouth feel?
(a) Awake.
(b) Scared.
(c) Normal.
(d) Alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Max run into on the front lawn of the hospital?

2. Why doesn't Max have to testify in court against his father?

3. What wakes Max up on Christmas Eve?

4. What does Max compare a pencil in his hand to?

5. When Max finally falls asleep in the "old bat's" apartment, what does he dream of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Kevin explain the act of remembering?

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

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

8. What does Grim say that his father gave him for Christmas?

9. What happens to Kevin, at the end of Chapter 22, to send him to the hospital?

10. In what way is Kevin's thirteenth birthday two birthdays in one?

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