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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. What does Kevin ask for during Christmas Eve dinner that makes Gram laugh so hard that she has a coughing fit?
(a) Mushed taters.
(b) Green legs; green beans.
(c) Ham butt.
(d) Gruel.

2. After coming home from his kidnapping, what won't Gram let Max do?
(a) Sleep in the basement.
(b) Go over the Kevin's.
(c) Leave the house.
(d) Go out of the yard.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Grim, would his father write on a piece of paper and put into his stocking when he was a kid?

2. What does Loretta call Max right before his father begins choking her?

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

4. What does Max's father do to ensure that Max does not run away from the "old bat's" apartment?

5. What smell does Max first recognize when he enters "the other place" with his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Grim justify the telling of "tales"?

4. According to Max's father, what does Hell look like?

5. Why does Max believe that Mrs. Donalli is finally getting used to him and Kevin?

6. Describe the apartment that Max and his father hide out in.

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

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

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

10. What does Max's father say is the first thing that Max must do when talking to him in the old lady's apartment?

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