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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 time does the Red Sox game start according to an ad Trisha hears on the radio?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Nine-thirty.

2. What does Trisha consume first from her lunch?
(a) Her banana.
(b) Her candy bar.
(c) Her sandwich.
(d) Her soda.

3. How far into the trail does the family walk when Quilla and Pete begin to argue?
(a) A mile.
(b) Half a mile.
(c) About three steps.
(d) One hundred yards.

4. What city does Trisha's father live in?
(a) Quincy.
(b) Boston.
(c) Salem.
(d) Malden.

5. When Trisha starts running through the woods, she is stopped by what?
(a) A creek.
(b) A tree.
(c) An angry fox.
(d) A boulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trisha trip on?

2. What does Trisha use to wave bugs away?

3. What team does Tom Gordon play for?

4. What color is Mazzerole's van?

5. Where does Trisha think her mom will look for her first?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Trisha screams out for help for the first time?

2. What does Trisha think about the trail when she walks it with her family?

3. Why does Trisha refuse to drink from the stream at first?

4. What does Trisha think her mom will do when she realizes she's missing?

5. How does Larry feel about Tom Gordon?

6. Why does Trisha become optimistic about the day that she and her family go on a hike?

7. How does Trisha plan to remember her way back to the fallen tree?

8. How does Larry describe his ex-wife?

9. What does Trisha imagine to make herself feel better after she realizes she does not know much about the wilderness?

10. How does Trisha end up at the edge of a cliff?

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