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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Mrs. Haskins been?
(a) On personal leave.
(b) At a teacher's convention.
(c) In bed ill.
(d) Out of the country.

2. On the bus ride home, what is Ezra happy to report?
(a) That he solved the brainteaser that the teacher puts up each week but that no one ever solves.
(b) That he has already met some interesting girls.
(c) That he seems to have been accepted by most of the kids.
(d) That the principal said he could stay at home and do his studies there.

3. What brings up the topic of the nuclear accident?
(a) Seeing the towers of the power plant.
(b) Talking about Ezra.
(c) Seeing all the masks the kids are wearing.
(d) A book about death and belonging.

4. What does Nyle think the kids believe about her and Ezra?
(a) That they are going together.
(b) That Ezra is new to the area.
(c) That Ezra is her brother who has been living with her dad.
(d) That they are cousins.

5. How does Ezra begin healing emotionally?
(a) He tells Nyle much of what is bothering him about the accident.
(b) He has not yet begun that healing process.
(c) He watches a special on the TV about the accident and sobs.
(d) He sees a counselor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ezra call Nyle?

2. What does Nyle do when she and Ezra are upstairs in Nyle's room?

3. Who goes with Nyle to watch the meteor shower?

4. Why doesn't Nyle and Gran celebrate Christmas this year?

5. Why does Ripley throw an ice ball at Nyle?

(see the answer key)

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