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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. On what day does Charlie's punishment in Chapter Six end?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) The day after Boxing Day.

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

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

4. Which character does Charlie most dread leaving behind in Chapter Seven?
(a) Wesley.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Eliza.
(d) Jeffrey.

5. What ultimately killed Rosie?
(a) A post-surgical infection.
(b) A traumatic brain injury.
(c) Her appendix.
(d) Being ejected from the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is NOT a possible witness to Charlie and Eliza's first kiss?

2. How has color returned to An Lu's garden in Chapter Seven?

3. The attack on An Lu takes place on what day?

4. How does Charlie, after reading the book, now feel about Patterson's Curse?

5. In Chapter Seven, what does Eliza say to Charlie about Laura's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Jasper's face in Chapter Five?

2. How has Jasper's father done after the death of his mother?

3. How long is Charlie grounded in Chapter Six, and how does he spend that time?

4. Why is Charlie so distressed to learn that his father has written a novel?

5. Who is Mad Jack Lionel, and why has he been calling out to Jasper all these years?

6. Charlie envisions leaving Corrigan with Jasper. Delve into some of the literary allusions he chooses for the journey. Do those stories bode well for the adventure he desires?

7. What clues indicate that Mad Jack is not, in fact, a killer?

8. How has the relationship between Charlie and Wesley Bucktin changed?

9. What are the clues that indicate that Mad Jack Lionel may not really be a serial killer?

10. How does Jeffrey Lu become a Corrigan cricket legend?

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