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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Roy at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Paris.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Francisco.

2. Who does Lucas meet the next time he visits the cabin, in Chapter 3?
(a) Zoe Dinsmore's daughter.
(b) Zoe Dinsmore's husband.
(c) Zoe Dinsmore's son.
(d) Zoe Dinsmore's granddaughter.

3. What does Lucas do for the person in the hospital?
(a) Move the car.
(b) Read a book.
(c) Feed the dogs.
(d) Clean the house.

4. Whom does Lucas talk to when he calls the sherif's office?
(a) Deputy Warren.
(b) Deputy Sacks.
(c) Deputy Fife.
(d) Sherrif Anderson.

5. Who does Lucas discover he has beaten at the track tryouts?
(a) Two foreign exchange students.
(b) The track team's two best runners.
(c) Two junior high students.
(d) Two boys who had also been trying out for the team.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Roy Painter?

2. Who is in the hospital?

3. What does Lucas suggest he and the person he meets at the cabin in Chapter 3 use for measuring the door?

4. What is the name of the road in the forest?

5. What does the visitor at the cabin in Chapter 3 make Lucas promise to tell Zoe?

(see the answer key)

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