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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. Why does Jasper trust Charlie?
(a) He and Charlie have been friends their entire lives.
(b) He knows, based on the Charlie's bookish demeanor, that Charlie sees a truth the others cannot.
(c) Jasper has seen Charlie stick up for the underdog countless times.
(d) Charlie has always expressed the desire to be a defense attorney.

2. What movie does Charlie claim is giving him nightmares?
(a) The Wizard of Oz.
(b) Breakfast at Tiffany's.
(c) My Fair Lady.
(d) Gone with the Wind.

3. From what sort of tree is Laura's body hanging?
(a) Eucalyptus.
(b) Oak.
(c) Willow.
(d) Maple.

4. What does Charlie call the terrible feeling in his stomach in Chapter Four?
(a) The brick.
(b) The spot.
(c) The knot.
(d) The hole.

5. What metaphor does Charlie use to describe the spotter planes in Chapter Four?
(a) Birds of prey.
(b) Two black dragonflies.
(c) The horsemen of the apocalypse.
(d) Two flying monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What figurative language is used in the following quote: "our flyscreen door claps against the side of the house" (99)?

2. When Charlie awakens in Chapter Two, what does he expect to find happening in his neighborhood?

3. Why does Charlie most admire Batman?

4. In Chapter One, who has been murdered?

5. As they walk out of the woods at the end of Chapter One, how does Charlie feel about Jasper?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Charlie's nickname for An Lu's garden?

2. Explore Jeffrey and Charlie's use of curse words. How does the author use their vernacular to help clarify their friendship and who they are?

3. Charlie loves American books about justice, especially in relation to race, Civil Rights, and the Civil War. How do these allusions help us understand Charlie?

4. Charlie keeps referring to his choice to wear shoes as "pansy" (25). Why does he feel this way?

5. Why does Jasper come to Charlie?

6. In what way is the structure of Chapter Four very different from that of the the previous chapters?

7. Why does Charlie debate telling Eliza (or not telling her) what he knows about Laura's death?

8. What is the history of the study in the Bucktin household? How might its current use a study create turmoil?

9. What are some of the problems between Charlie and his mother?

10. In what ways are children bullied in this novel?

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