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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is an example of a pun from Chapter Three?
(a) Charlie's comparison of his father to Atticus Finch.
(b) The fact that Eliza's favority actress is Audrey Hepburn.
(c) The insects who "busy themselves around my lamp" (111).
(d) Charlie's response of "it's a grave matter" when his father says the hole will need to be big enough for both their bodies (110).

2. Why is Jasper's last name Jones, not Lionel?
(a) Lionel is Rosie's, not David's, father, so the Lionel name would not pass down.
(b) Rosie gave Jasper her maiden name.
(c) That story remains unclear.
(d) When David and Rosie married, David changed his last name.

3. Which of the following is NOT true of Jack's experience the night Laura Wishart dies?
(a) He has been sick for weeks.
(b) He recognizes Jasper walking past the house.
(c) He notices a mysterious person following behind Laura.
(d) He sees Laura walk by.

4. What figurative language is used in the following quote: "our flyscreen door claps against the side of the house" (99)?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. Who steps in to ease the tension over the attack at the vigil in Chapter Five?
(a) An Lu.
(b) Mr. Wishart.
(c) Wesley Bucktin.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was attacked at the vigil in Chapter Five?

2. What is Jasper Jones's ethnic heritage?

3. Why might Chapter Seven skip back and forth between memories of the encounter with Mad Jack?

4. Which character does Charlie most dread leaving behind in Chapter Seven?

5. The memory of the peppermint trees at Eliza's house might be a symbol for which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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