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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. What is the nickname for the part of town that the group’s target is supposed to be?
(a) City of Fire.
(b) City of Cardboard.
(c) City of Donuts.
(d) City of Angels.

2. How long does Jamie find out his mother has to live after his father tells him they are not selling the house?
(a) A couple of weeks.
(b) A matter of days.
(c) A couple months.
(d) About a year.

3. What does Jamie get praised for in the school auditorium at the beginning of “Halflead Bay”?
(a) Having perfect attendance.
(b) Scoring the winning goal.
(c) Being valedictorian.
(d) Earning a full scholarship to Harvard.

4. What does Jamie’s mother do to the seagull after Jamie is unable to kill it?
(a) She throws it back in the water.
(b) She cuts its throat.
(c) She shoots it.
(d) She stomps its head.

5. What name does the narrator go by as explained in the middle of the story Cartagena?
(a) Juan.
(b) Xavier.
(c) Pablo.
(d) Ron.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alison react when Dory is beating Jamie up?

2. Who approaches Alison and Jamie at the party to tell Alison that Dory is worried about her?

3. Who is Jamie’s friend who tells stories of his travels and wears a necklace that he says belonged to his dead girlfriend?

4. What does Jamie’s dad suggest he, Jamie, and Michael do together soon to give their mother a break from them?

5. Who introduced Henry to Olivia 18 years prior?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jamie’s mother tell him he should talk to John Thompson about?

2. When Henry arrives at Carnegie Hall to try to see Elise he is given a note from her. What does the note say?

3. What happened to the Chinese Poacher in “Halflead Bay”?

4. How does Alison behave when Jamie goes to Dory’s house to follow through with the fight?

5. Why is Jamie praised at the school assembly at the start of “Halflead Bay”?

6. Who is Cale and how does Jamie know him?

7. Who is Alison Fischer and what is her relationship with Jamie?

8. Who is Jason Apelman and what was his relationship to Olivia?

9. What does Henry thinks when he sees Elise perform and spots her outside after the concert?

10. Whose website bio does Henry look at in the beginning of “Meeting Elise” and what does it say?

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