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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What possible ergonym mutation are the senators worried about?
(a) One that would allow the ergonyms to reproduce even faster.
(b) One that would allow the ergonym to survive in oxygen.
(c) One that would allow the organism to reproduce with organisms already in the environment.
(d) One that would create consciousness in the organisms.

2. What government agency does Dr. Peter Smythe work for?
(a) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(b) The U.S. Department of Energy.
(c) The Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(d) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

3. Who is Cooper?
(a) A singer Tamaya has a crush on.
(b) The school nurse's son.
(c) Tamaya's dog.
(d) The assistant headmaster.

4. How does Tamaya end up with scratches on her arms and legs?
(a) She pushes through thick bushes looking for a path for them to follow.
(b) Chad accidentally pushes her, and she falls into a bush.
(c) She moves too quickly down a hill and falls.
(d) Chad attacks her with the stick they are carrying.

5. Why did Tamaya miss Hope's birthday party?
(a) She went horseback riding with another friend.
(b) She was too shy to go to a party that boys would be at.
(c) She and Hope were fighting.
(d) She was at her father's in Philadelphia.

6. On page 91, when Marshall thinks that Tamaya's hand is "grotesque," what does this mean about her hand?
(a) It looks painful.
(b) It is strange and ugly.
(c) It is embarrassing and inconvenient.
(d) It looks fake or exaggerated.

7. What is Marshall feeling embarrassed about when he starts walking through the woods?
(a) That instead of sticking up for himself, he let Tamaya do it.
(b) That he lied to Mrs. Thaxton about not knowing where Tamaya is.
(c) That his parent spend a lot of money on his school, and he does not take it seriously.
(d) That he is already lost, when he promised it would not happen again.

8. When Marshall thinks about his friends telling Mrs. Thaxton about Chad's bullying, how does he feel?
(a) Angry and betrayed.
(b) Sad and worried.
(c) Relieved and happy.
(d) Proud and important.

9. What feature does Fitzman say he is working on for the future?
(a) A new fuel made from household waste.
(b) A way to let car owners breed their own ergonyms.
(c) An engine cleaning system using Biolene.
(d) A way to make sure that fuel tanks stay warm at all times.

10. What is ironic about how careful Tamaya is in positioning Chad when they are getting ready to jump the gully?
(a) She is the one who ends up losing her footing.
(b) Chad does not actually care if he falls in the mud.
(c) She does not really care what happens to Chad.
(d) Chad is tall enough to just step across the gully.

11. Why does everything in the woods look so unfamiliar to Tamaya?
(a) She is not used to the woods and does not really know what to look for.
(b) It was much darker when she was in the woods the day before.
(c) When she was in the woods before, she was too afraid to pay close attention.
(d) When she was in the woods before, she was distracted by her conversation with Marshall.

12. When the school nurse is taking care of her hand, why does Tamaya keep hoping the nurse will hurry up?
(a) Tamaya does not think that the school nurse knows how to treat her rash.
(b) Tamaya has a feelings that she needs to find Marshall and talk to him.
(c) Tamaya wants to get back to class to work on her journal entry.
(d) Tamaya is embarrassed to be in the nurse's office and does not want anyone to see her there.

13. Why does Marshall struggle to get Tamaya out of the gully?
(a) Their hands are slippery with mud.
(b) It has started to rain.
(c) The gully is too steep.
(d) She is stuck in the mud.

14. What happens to the leaf that Tamaya dips into the fuzzy mud?
(a) It turns blue.
(b) It catches fire.
(c) It dissolves.
(d) It begins to glow.

15. When Tamaya finds Chad in the woods, what is Chad's primary worry about his current situation?
(a) Whether he will regain his vision.
(b) Whether his family notices or cares that he is missing.
(c) Whether the kids at school know he is a liar.
(d) Whether Marshall will beat him up now that he cannot see.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marshall use to wipe Tamaya's eyes off?

2. What word does Chad say when Tamaya asks why he hated Marshall?

3. How is Tamaya's lunch sack different from Hope's and Monica's?

4. What does Tamaya finally see that makes her think she might be close to where Chad attacked Marshall?

5. On page 87, when Tamaya interrupts Marshall's basketball game, what does he call her?

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