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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 nationality is the man who helps Sammy when he is injured?
(a) African.
(b) American.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Japanese.

2. What does Katie listen to at night after the picnic?
(a) Sammy's moaning.
(b) Cars driving by.
(c) Lynn's heavy breathing.
(d) Her parents talking.

3. What does Sammy injure while on the picnic?
(a) His foot.
(b) His arm.
(c) His hand.
(d) His back.

4. What game does Katie play while Lynn is in the hospital?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Chess.
(c) Boggle.
(d) Scrabble.

5. What does Katie dig through for relics of Lynn?
(a) The garage.
(b) The yard.
(c) The trash can.
(d) The car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes care of Sammy during the day when Lynn's condition worsens?

2. What does Katie see in a trash can at the hatchery that she hides from Sammy?

3. What is Lynn's eulogy supposed to end with?

4. What does Katie's mother lecture her about on her birthday?

5. Who gives the eulogy for Lynn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katie's mother tell her she must do when they get home from the hospital?

2. What does Katie do on her eleventh birthday?

3. What does Katie steal from the hatchery, and what does she do with what she steals?

4. What does Katie hear the night after the picnic?

5. What happens when Katie's mother calls from the hospital while Fumi and Katsu are watching Katie and Sammy?

6. What does Katie see when she goes into Lynn's room just after she dies?

7. What does Katie realize while she washes dishes after Lynn's body is taken away?

8. How does this book end?

9. What does Katie do when she hears that Amber is not friends with Lynn anymore?

10. What gets Katie's father fired, and what does he say to Katie about it?

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