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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. What does Jasper say in Chapter Seven will happen if Charlie and Eliza leave with him?
(a) Jasper will be accused of kidnapping the other two.
(b) Wesley Bucktin will have Jasper hunted down.
(c) Pete Wishart will be relieved.
(d) Jasper will be reunited with his dad.

2. What is Jasper Jones's ethnic heritage?
(a) Black.
(b) African.
(c) British.
(d) Aboriginal.

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

4. How does Charlie get the police and his parents to leave him alone about Jasper in Chapter Six?
(a) He lies and tells them he was trying to meet up with Eliza.
(b) He tells them that Mad Jack has been trying to frame Jasper.
(c) He tells them he has no idea who Jasper Jones is.
(d) He begs them to believe that Jasper is a good boy and a better friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Rosie and Jack become friends?

3. What derogatory nickname does Jeffrey keep calling Charlie in Chapter Six?

4. How did Jack Lionel memorialize Rosie's death?

5. To what literary character does Charlie connect Jasper Jones?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. During the cricket game in Chapter Six, what is happening between Charlie and Eliza?

3. What truths does Eliza reveal about Laura's death?

4. Why has Eliza never told anyone where Laura's body is?

5. How does Charlie handle the knowledge of his mother's indiscretion in Chapter Seven?

6. Why does the Vigil make Charlie feel that he and Jasper have no real chance of finding Laura's killer?

7. In Chapter Eight, what has become of the members of the Bucktin family since Charlie discovered his mother's affair?

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

9. How is the town's response to the attack on Mr. Lu different from the abuse that Mrs. Lu suffers?

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

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