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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 does Sunny’s secret have to do with why he joined the Defenders?
(a) He runs because he feels like it makes him forget about his family.
(b) He runs to get away from the house where he is unhappy.
(c) He runs to distinguish himself for his overbearing parents.
(d) He runs to honor his mother, who was a runner before she died.

2. What is Sunny’s secret?
(a) That his father left when he was young.
(b) That he is being raised by foster parents.
(c) That he was adopted.
(d) That his mother died in childbirth.

3. What does Ghost call the people on the Stairmaster treadmills?
(a) The walking dead.
(b) Hamsters on their wheels.
(c) The Going Nowhere Show.
(d) The office losers workout hour.

4. How does Ghost characterize Shamika?
(a) Serious.
(b) Kinda cool.
(c) Mean.
(d) Hard-hearted.

5. What is Thursday’s practice?
(a) Ladders.
(b) Long run.
(c) Technique.
(d) Fartleks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Lu tell at the Chinese restaurant, to start his meal?

2. How does Mr. Charles change his routine with Ghost when Ghost shows up at his store during school hours?

3. What saves Ghost from the mortification of everyone’s laughter?

4. What does Ghost say he has been eating since his father went away?

5. How does Shamika make amends to Ghost for laughing at him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What goes on at the basketball court when Ghost goes there after school on Friday?

2. What is Ghost’s mother’s homework, and what kind of education is it part of?

3. What is it like for Ghost to see Brandon Simmons again after their fight?

4. What happens to Ghost at Everything Sports?

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

6. What secret does Patty tell at the restaurant?

7. How do Ghost’s teammates react to his new shoes?

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

9. How does Mr. Charles make Ghost feel better for having been laughed at?

10. How does Ghost say lying made him feel?

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