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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. When did Jem realize what the numbers were?
(a) When her father explained it to her.
(b) When her sister was born.
(c) When her mother died.
(d) When she met Terry.

2. When does Jem see the dates?
(a) When the date is near.
(b) When the death will affect her.
(c) When she looks people in the eye.
(d) When she says a chant in her head.

3. Who helps Jem fix her hair?
(a) Val.
(b) Spider.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Karen.

4. What does Jem tell Val helped them get away from the explosion?
(a) Her power.
(b) Lack of money.
(c) Luck.
(d) A strange feeling.

5. Who is Karen?
(a) A foster mother.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A counsellor.
(d) A nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Jem's teachers feel when she doesn't show up to school?

2. How does Spider stay away from the animals they encounter in the night?

3. Who does Jem threaten at school?

4. What is Terry's nickname?

5. What does Jem do when it begins raining outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the moment so awkward after Jem and Spider make love?

2. How does Spider calm Jem's fears about the cows?

3. How does Jem feel after she destroys everything she owns, and why?

4. What does Jem see on the newspaper when eating in town?

5. Why does the woman in town offer to do a favor for Jem and Spider?

6. How are Jem and Spider forced to leave the stolen car?

7. Why does Jem say she never wants children?

8. What does Spider want to do after stealing a car?

9. Why does Jem carry guilt about the explosion?

10. What does Val say when she first meets Jem?

(see the answer keys)

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