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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. Why does Mr. Charles say that he is changing the routine between himself and Ghost regarding the sunflower seeds?
(a) Because Ghost joined the track team.
(b) Because Ghost stole the sneakers.
(c) Because Ghost got suspended yesterday.
(d) Because Ghost is not in school.

2. How does Ghost describe the physical effect of his humiliation over having his shoes laughed at?
(a) His insides boiled.
(b) His insides turned to ice.
(c) His tongue turned to a stone.
(d) His heart broke.

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

4. Why does Sunny get in the back with Lu and Ghost?
(a) He underestimates the size of his legs.
(b) He does not want to make Patty move.
(c) He wants to be close with the other boys.
(d) He is already getting in when Patty suggests he get in front.

5. Which shoe size fits Ghost perfectly?
(a) The eights.
(b) The nines.
(c) The eight and a halfs.
(d) The nine and a halfs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ghost’s response to Lu’s secret?

2. What does Ghost’s mother do early on Saturday mornings?

3. What would Ghost’s mother do before taking him to Aunt Sophie’s house?

4. What does Ghost call the people on the Stairmaster treadmills?

5. What does Sunny’s secret have to do with why he joined the Defenders?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sunny’s house like, when Coach Brody and the others go to pick him up?

2. How does Ghost describe his Saturday routine with his mother?

3. How does Ghost say that things changed after everyone tells their secrets at the restaurant?

4. What secret does Patty tell at the restaurant?

5. What secret does Coach Brody tell at the restaurant?

6. When does Ghost start to regret having cut up his shoes?

7. What is Ghost’s routine with his mother in the evenings?

8. What happens to Ghost at Mr. Charles’ store, after Ghost had left Everything Sports?

9. What does Ghost tell Coach Brody when Coach Brody asks him where he got the shoes?

10. How does Shamika atone for embarrassing Ghost the day before?

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