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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amber ask Kayla to come to where she is staying?
(a) So Kayla can help Amber with an art project.
(b) So Amber can say goodbye to Kayla.
(c) So Amber can introduce Kayla to Amber's good-looking cousin who is visiting.
(d) So Kayla can take Amber to the thrift shop.

2. According to the newspaper's story, why was the person killed?
(a) His wife thought he was cheating.
(b) He created a ruckus about tattoos.
(c) Her husband was angry and killed her.
(d) He was in the line of fire for another target.

3. To what does the newspaper article attribute Joseph Reed's death?
(a) Being drunk and falling in the water.
(b) Not having gone to a doctor in a number of years.
(c) Breathing poor air in the mines.
(d) Depression about being passed over for promotion.

4. Where is Kayla Reed at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Talking with her best friend on the phone.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) At tennis practice.
(d) At school.

5. Who is living at the Route Nine Motor Inn?
(a) Kayla's grandfather.
(b) Gene Drake's former roommate.
(c) Kayla's older brother.
(d) Amber and her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kayla see next door on the night the person whose death was reported in the newspaper was killed?

2. Where does Kayla find a job?

3. Why is Kayla unlikely to qualify for a scholarship?

4. When are students supposed to receive their tattoo?

5. What does Mfumbe Taylor do when Kayla is still in the stairwell?

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