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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. How does Carter's mother try to get rid of the things she thinks are on her arms?
(a) She sprays poison.
(b) She takes a bath.
(c) She burns them off.
(d) She scrapes them with a knife.

2. What is Sophie's mother addicted to?
(a) Sex.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Prescription pills.

3. What do Sophie and Carter have in common?
(a) They have too much responsibility.
(b) They have been abused.
(c) All of these.
(d) They were abandoned by their father.

4. Where do other people think Carter got his scars?
(a) A fight.
(b) Suicide attempts.
(c) An accident.
(d) A mugging.

5. Why doesn't Sophie tell Carter how she really feels about the gift he brings her at night?
(a) She doesn't want to seem ungrateful.
(b) She doesn't want to show weakness.
(c) She doesn't want to embarrass him.
(d) She doesn't want to lead him on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie have to do before she can meet Carter at night?

2. What does Sophie do while she waits for her siblings to come home?

3. How does Sophie describe her life in the mornings?

4. How does Carter watch Sophie while he takes care of his mother?

5. How does Sophie feel about the gift Carter brings her at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narration in this book work?

2. What does Carter's friend ask about Sophie?

3. Why is Sophie late for class at the beginning of the book?

4. Why does Sophie feel she is the only one who really knows Carter?

5. How do Carter and Sophie get home from school every day?

6. What gift does Carter bring Sophie one night, and why?

7. What does Whitney ask Sophie about Carter?

8. What does Sophie do when she sees Carter in the hall at the beginning of the book?

9. What does Sophie look forward to all day?

10. Why doesn't Sophie tell Carter how she feels about him?

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