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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the root cause of the things people make fun of Ghost for?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Greed.

2. What does Ghost say made the last night of his father’s meanness worse?
(a) His father brought friends home.
(b) His father also took drugs.
(c) His mother fought back.
(d) His father lost money gambling.

3. What does Ghost say made his father mean?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) Racial profiling by the cops.
(d) Liquor.

4. What is Ghost’s preferred sport at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Football.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Baseball.

5. Where does Ghost’s mother sleep at home?
(a) Ghost’s bedroom.
(b) The couch.
(c) In the hall.
(d) Her bedroom.

6. Where does Ghost sleep at home?
(a) In his bedroom.
(b) In the hall.
(c) In his mother’s bedroom.
(d) In the living room.

7. What feature distinguishes Coach Brody’s face for Ghost?
(a) His hare lip.
(b) His chipped tooth.
(c) His lazy eye.
(d) His scar.

8. How does Coach Brody describe the Defenders?
(a) An elite team that has a reputation to uphold.
(b) A team of underdogs.
(c) A feeder program for top colleges.
(d) One of the best youth teams in the city.

9. What does Mr. Charles greet Ghost with, every day?
(a) “Look, it’s the greatest.”
(b) “Let me guess, sunflower seeds.”
(c) “Hey champ.”
(d) “Hello my boy.”

10. How frequently does Ghost say his father would watch track on TV?
(a) Regularly.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Religiously.
(d) Never.

11. Since we know that Ghost will be joining a track team and running races, what does the scene where his father shot a gun at him serve as?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Foreshadowing.

12. How does Ghost respond when Brandon throws a chicken wing at him?
(a) He turns the whole table over on him.
(b) He throws a milk carton at his head.
(c) He slides the lunch trays into his lap.
(d) He stabs him with a plastic fork.

13. What look does Coach Brody give Ghost when he comes to get him from the principal's office?
(a) You are in so much trouble.
(b) This is all going to be fine.
(c) I am so disappointed.
(d) I am so mad.

14. How does Ghost compensate for embarrassing himself, tripping over his shoelace?
(a) By pulling the laces off his shoes.
(b) By butchering his high-tops.
(c) By cutting up Lu’s shoes.
(d) By buying new shoes.

15. Who does Ghost model his career expectations on?
(a) LeBron James.
(b) Marshawn Lynch.
(c) Usain Bolt.
(d) Michael Jordan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ghost’s father doing when the cops arrived?

2. How does Ghost say he feels about his father’s sentence?

3. What was Usain Bolt’s world record time for the 100-meter sprint, according to Coach Brody?

4. What does Ghost say he is a master at?

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

(see the answer keys)

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