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

2. How often does Ghost play basketball?
(a) Rarely, if ever.
(b) Every day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Three days a week.

3. Where does Ghost learn about Usain Bolt?
(a) The Guinness Book of World Records.
(b) His classmates.
(c) His father.
(d) Coach Brody.

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

5. What does Lu accuse Ghost of, during a break?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Presumptuousness.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Selfishness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Ghost claim Coach Brody is to the principal?

3. How does Coach Brody describe the Defenders?

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

5. Where does Ghost watch the track team working out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ghost say is in his file at school?

2. What does Brandon tease Ghost about, that leads to the fight?

3. How does Usain Bolt become important to Ghost?

4. What is Ghost’s first impression of Coach Brody?

5. What is Ghost’s relationship with basketball?

6. Where does Ghost take his name from?

7. Where is Ghost’s father now?

8. How do sunflower seeds connect Ghost with his father?

9. What is Ghost’s personality like?

10. What is Coach Brody’s response to Ghost when Ghost says that he is tired, after half a dozen sprints?

(see the answer keys)

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