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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. Where is the hotel the Author is staying in when he sleeps with a desk clerk?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) Midwest.

2. Where is William killed?
(a) Jogging down the street.
(b) In front of a convenience store.
(c) In front of his house.
(d) On the high school track.

3. What does Jack, the media trainer, say one of his clients was?
(a) Murderer.
(b) Russian spy.
(c) Bank robber.
(d) Hacker.

4. During the media training, what does Sharon show Jack and the Author on her phone?
(a) A funeral for a Black boy.
(b) A grieving Black man and woman.
(c) A protest for a Black boy.
(d) The body of a young Black boy.

5. What is the first drawing that Soot finds in a box Daddy Henry shows him?
(a) Woman at the ocean.
(b) A tree.
(c) A woman in a flower garden.
(d) A small dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Author wear for media training?

2. After being chased by an angry husband, what does the Author show the front desk clerk to prove who he is?

3. What type of vehicle does Renny lead the Author to after meeting him in the airport?

4. How far do Soot and his father have to drive to see Daddy Henry?

5. How many book festivals has the Author been to in New Orleans since meeting the Kid at breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Author's thoughts about his mother?

2. How does William die?

3. How does the Author prove who he is when he needs to get his room key in the second chapter of the book?

4. Who was Daddy Henry and how often do Soot and his father visit him?

5. Where did the Author work before his book sold?

6. What happens as the boy tries to be invisible at the beginning of the book?

7. Since the Author's book tour in the Midwest, where has he been?

8. Who is Sharon?

9. What does Jack tell the Author to not write about and why?

10. What happens when Soot's father hears him crying in the night?

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