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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucas discover about Zoe's past?
(a) Zoe is blind.
(b) Zoe killed her parents when she was a child.
(c) Zoe accidentally caused the death of two children.
(d) Zoe worked for the Nazis during WWII.

2. What is Connor doing when Lucas next visits in Chapter 9?
(a) Pretending to box.
(b) Eating lunch.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Sunning himself in the back yard.

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

4. What does Lucas suggest he and the person he meets at the cabin in Chapter 3 use for measuring the door?
(a) A ruler.
(b) A gallon bucket.
(c) A stopwatch.
(d) A piece of string.

5. What keeps interrupting Lucas as he reads his brother's letter?
(a) A dog in the backyard barking.
(b) A car stereo.
(c) A blaring television.
(d) His parents' fighting.

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

7. Why does Connor say he hopes his father returns?
(a) Because he wants to borrow the car.
(b) Because he and his mom are worried about his father.
(c) Because he misses him.
(d) Because his mother's upset.

8. Why does Lucas decide he and Libby are through?
(a) She suggests that his mother may have a drinking problem.
(b) She tells him she is in favor of the Vietnam War.
(c) She makes assumptions about his mother and Zoe without knowing them.
(d) She says he is just like Connor.

9. What is Lucas favorite ice cream?
(a) Pralines and Cream.
(b) Mint chocolate chip with carmel topping.
(c) Chocolate ice cream with the chocolate coating.
(d) Black walnut with extra walnuts.

10. What happend to Darren Weller?
(a) He broke his arm playing football in the park.
(b) He drowned in the river.
(c) He was hit by an ice cream truck.
(d) He lost his leg in the war.

11. What does Libby ask Lucas when they get back to her house after the movie?
(a) "Why did you pick that movie?"
(b) "How do you really feel about me?"
(c) "Do you want to come in and watch TV?"
(d) "Aren't you even going to kiss me goodnight?"

12. Who is Roy Painter?
(a) Lucas's English teacher.
(b) Lucas's father.
(c) Lucas's best friend.
(d) Lucas's older brother.

13. What has changed when Lucas visits the cemetery again?
(a) The graveyard has been freshly mowed.
(b) There's a new person buried there.
(c) Someone has put grafitti on one of the markers.
(d) The children's graves have new flowers.

14. Where does Lucas go after his disastrous second date with Libby?
(a) Connor's house.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) The river.
(d) Zoe's house.

15. What was the name of Lucas and Roy's dog when they were kids?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Scraps.
(c) Weasel.
(d) Fido.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lucas falls to his knees in front of Zoe, what does he ask her?

2. What does Zoe insist on doing after her and Lucas' second date?

3. When does Chapter 2 take place?

4. Where has Lucas decided to take Libby for their second date?

5. When Lucas asks Zoe for advice about "a friend," what is her second guess for who he is talking about?

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