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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does Jasper have on Charlie in Chapter Seven?
(a) Jasper's laughter is infectious for Charlie.
(b) Jasper's dark moods make Charlie nervous.
(c) Jasper's lies enrage Charlie.
(d) Jasper's strength calms Charlie's fears.

2. How do Charlie and Eliza walk to the glade in Chapter Eight?
(a) Charlie leads; Eliza follows.
(b) Side by side.
(c) They meet there.
(d) Eliza leads; Charlie follows.

3. Which of the following images from Chapter Seven uses a simile?
(a) "He wears a pair of grubby gray work pants" (234).
(b) "I march behind him like a tired infantryman" (234).
(c) "A mob of kangaroos bounces lazily across a paddock" (234).
(d) "The veranda creaks unbearably loud" (234).

4. Who has beaten up Jasper in Chapter Five?
(a) His father.
(b) The authorities.
(c) The cricket team.
(d) Mad Jack Lionel.

5. Who could corroborate Charlie's story about Eliza in Chapter Six?
(a) Jack Lionel.
(b) Jasper Jones.
(c) Eliza's mother.
(d) Jeffrey Lu.

6. What character's appendicitis makes room for Jeffrey's big day on the cricket field?
(a) Warwick Trent.
(b) John Wishart.
(c) Jasper Jones.
(d) Jim Quincy.

7. When Charlie details the ways that Eliza reminds him of Holly Golightly in My Fair Lady, which literary technique is used?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Hyperbole.

8. Why does the sarge treat Charlie so differently from Jasper?
(a) Charlie's parents are friends with the sarge.
(b) Mad Jack's stories have already gotten around to the sarge.
(c) Charlie is white.
(d) Jasper's father and the sarge are enemies.

9. How is Mr. Wishart handling Laura's disappearance in Chapter Six?
(a) He is drinking to block it all out.
(b) He is bribing the media to cover her story completely.
(c) He is searching for her constantly.
(d) He is crying at every mention of her name.

10. During the cricket match in Chapter Six, what does Warwick Trent keep calling Jeffrey?
(a) Alien.
(b) Bruce Lee.
(c) Cong.
(d) Immigrant.

11. How is Jack's life NOT affected after the crash and Rosie's death?
(a) His leg is shattered.
(b) He lives with a massive amount of guilt.
(c) He is ostracized by his community.
(d) He is sent to prison for her murder.

12. Which character is NOT a possible witness to Charlie and Eliza's first kiss?
(a) Jeffrey Lu.
(b) Ruth Bucktin.
(c) Pete Wishart.
(d) Wesley Bucktin.

13. Who has become Jeffrey Lu's role model by Chapter Seven?
(a) Jackie Chan.
(b) Mike Tyson.
(c) Evander Holifield.
(d) Bruce Lee.

14. How does Charlie feel when his father reveals his completed novel?
(a) Proud.
(b) Excited.
(c) Sad.
(d) Jealous.

15. Why is it easy for Charlie to sneak out of his house in Chapter Five?
(a) His mother is not home.
(b) His father is not home.
(c) His parents are both sound asleep.
(d) Neither of his parents cares about a curfew.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What new book is Charlie reading in Chapter Five?

3. What caused the car crash that killed Rosie?

4. What type of shoe does Charlie now wear in Chapter Seven?

5. What treasured possession is stolen from Charlie in Chapter Eight?

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