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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Dolores need to do before her afternoon school run?
(a) Go to the grocery
(b) Get gas
(c) Put chains on the tires
(d) Get a haircut
2. Billy knew that it was not just his wife who died but _________________________.
(a) Happiness
(b) Unconditional love
(c) Who he was in her eyes
(d) Hope for the future
3. What does Dolores do when she passes her house?
(a) Slows down
(b) Checks her mail
(c) Pulls over for a few minutes
(d) Blows the horn
4. Who is Mitchell Stephens?
(a) A city councilman
(b) A coroner
(c) An attorney
(d) A funeral director
5. What did Billy do the night before his children's funeral?
(a) Got drunk
(b) Left town
(c) Had a nervous breakdown
(d) Looked at the mangled school bus
6. What is Dolores' job?
(a) School lunch lady
(b) English teacher
(c) School bus driver
(d) Church organist
7. How many children are on the bus when it crashes?
(a) 27
(b) 13
(c) 34
(d) 42
8. The story is told from the perspective of how many narrators?
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 2
9. Which of the following did not happen to the bus in the crash?
(a) Swerved off the road
(b) Slid into icy water
(c) Went over an embankment
(d) Caught on fire
10. Where does Billy meet with Risa?
(a) Abandoned house
(b) Hotel
(c) Motel
(d) Her house
11. What does Dolores wonder about the dog that runs in front of the bus?
(a) Did it have its shots?
(b) Was it a stray?
(c) Was it real?
(d) Was it lost?
12. How long ago did Billy's wife die?
(a) 14 months
(b) 7 years
(c) 4 months
(d) 4 years
13. Who does most of the maintenance on Dolores' bus?
(a) Abbott
(b) Dolores
(c) Sam
(d) Max
14. What has happened to Billy's wife?
(a) She is studying for her Master's
(b) She is living with her mother
(c) She is dead
(d) She is in the hospital
15. From whose perspective is Chapter 2 told?
(a) Dolores Driscoll
(b) Lydia Ansel
(c) Billy Ansel
(d) Bear Otto
Short Answer Questions
1. What beverage does Dolores drink in the bus?
2. In what city does Dolores live?
3. What runs out of the area in #30 and frightens Dolores?
4. Dolores always acted __________________________.
5. What does the character in #2 think she saw on the road on that fateful morning?
This section contains 353 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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