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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Patty’s secret?
(a) That her mother runs to honor her mother, who died in childbirth.
(b) That she runs to honor her mother, who lost legs to diabetes.
(c) That her mother makes her run as punishment.
(d) The she runs to get away from her unhappy home as well.

2. How long was Ghost’s father sentenced to prison for?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Fifteen years.

3. What does Dre tell Ghost everyone is talking about at school?
(a) How he beat up Brandon.
(b) How Brandon was going to beat him up.
(c) How he joined the track team.
(d) How he was going to get expelled.

4. How do the other runners handle it when Ghost does not get a uniform?
(a) They ice him out completely.
(b) They badger him for explanations.
(c) They do not inquire, but they are concerned.
(d) They badger Coach Brody for explanations.

5. How does Mr. Charles change his routine with Ghost when Ghost shows up at his store during school hours?
(a) He says the sunflower seeds will be $10.
(b) He says he will not sell Ghost sunflower seeds.
(c) He says he is out of sunflower seeds.
(d) He says there will not be any charge for the sunflower seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ghost end up in the principal’s office, typically?

2. When does Ghost start to panic the day after altering his shoes?

3. What does Ghost say the sound of the gunshot made his heart feel like?

4. What does Ghost find in the trunk of Coach Brody’s car when he is cleaning it out as punishment for shoplifting the shoes?

5. Why does Mr. Charles say he had been laughed at in his family?

(see the answer key)

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