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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the numbers that Jem sees indicate?
(a) How people are feeling.
(b) When people will die.
(c) When people were born.
(d) Where people are from.

2. How does Spider initially respond to hearing about Jem's power?
(a) He tries to fight her.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He doesn't believe her.
(d) He holds her close.

3. Why does Jem tell Spider about her power?
(a) He realizes she knew about the explosion.
(b) He is the closest thing she has had to a friend.
(c) He knows something is strange about her.
(d) All of these.

4. What good does Jem think will happen if she tells Spider his death date?
(a) He can stop worrying.
(b) He can find hope.
(c) He can change it.
(d) He can tell his grandmother.

5. How old is Jem at the beginning of the book?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Spider and Jem run when they are recognized at a gas station?

2. What does Jem start carrying with her after the party?

3. What does the man with the near death date ask Jem for?

4. What does Spider say helped them get away from the explosion?

5. What caused the explosion?

(see the answer key)

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