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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fancy item does the lunchroom at Tamaya's school still have, from when it used to be a ballroom?
(a) Plaster angels.
(b) Golden candle holders.
(c) Velvet drapes.
(d) Crystal chandeliers.

2. What is implied by the equations at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Tamaya's crush on Marshall is still more powerful than she admits.
(b) One organism can multiply into many in a short period of time.
(c) Sometimes it feels like our problems are multiplying fast.
(d) One person might struggle with a bully, but a group has more power.

3. What is emphasized in the description of the inside of Tamaya's house?
(a) The homemade crafts everywhere.
(b) The overcrowded rooms.
(c) The bright colors.
(d) The empty feeling.

4. When her mother first suggests it, why does Tamaya not want to go to the doctor in the morning?
(a) She does not want to have to explain about the mud.
(b) She does not want to miss school.
(c) She is afraid of doctors.
(d) She thinks it is silly to see a doctor for a little rash.

5. What caused the inventor of the product made by SunRay Farms to drop out of college?
(a) His parents needed him at home.
(b) He got a C- on a paper.
(c) He lost his scholarship.
(d) He got caught cheating.

6. What does Tamaya do when she gets home that makes her feel "the way a murderer felt after he succeeded in destroying all the evidence" (42)?
(a) Text Marshall to remind him to keep their secret.
(b) Take a shower,
(c) Wash her clothes.
(d) Bandage her scraped knees.

7. What does Fitzman reveal about the ergonyms in Chapter 11?
(a) They disintegrate when they are exposed to oxygen.
(b) They can also be used to create energy to make electricity.
(c) They glow bright yellow even in daylight.
(d) They seem aware of their environment.

8. About how long before the action of the novel starts was the Senate hearing on SunRay Farms held?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 month.

9. Why does Marshall keep looking at the classroom door in Chapter 15?
(a) He expects Chad to come through it.
(b) He is waiting for his mom to bring his lunch.
(c) He keeps hearing a strange sound coming from behind it.
(d) He is thinking about leaving.

10. In the beginning of Chapter 3, why is Tamaya angry as she waits by the bike racks after school for Marshall?
(a) Her bike is missing.
(b) Marshall is late.
(c) She has been given too much homework.
(d) Her friends upset her at lunchtime.

11. What question did Mr. Davison ask Chad that caused Chad to embarrass himself with a clearly wrong answer?
(a) What the three branches of the U.S. government are.
(b) What the duties of the vice president are.
(c) How many U.S. Senators there are.
(d) How many U.S. states there are.

12. When Marshall tells Tamaya he is sorry after she falls down in the woods, what is he apologizing for?
(a) Making her walk too fast.
(b) Lying to her about Chad.
(c) Getting them lost in the woods.
(d) Being mean to her all day.

13. In the Chapter 11 excerpt from the Senate hearing, what concern do the senators express?
(a) SunRay Farms is violating government regulations.
(b) Fitzman is making up some of the data he uses in his research.
(c) Foreign countries will benefit more from Biolene than the United States.
(d) The ergonyms could harm people or the environment.

14. What do the students call the area of the school where the seventh grade classes are held?
(a) The stable.
(b) The stadium.
(c) The pit.
(d) The dungeon.

15. Where is the last place that anyone besides Marshall and Tamaya saw Chad?
(a) In the hallway after social studies class.
(b) Coming out of the woods.
(c) Talking to Cody in the school parking lot.
(d) Waiting on Richmond Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what seems to confuse the senators about Biolene?

2. What does SunRay Farms produce?

3. Why does Tamaya wake up at 7:08 every morning?

4. Why does Marshall get in trouble for coming home late after school?

5. What does Chad claim the wolf dogs do for the being Chad says he encountered in the woods?

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