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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. How long did Craig serve his sentence?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 7 months.

2. Which website did Jordy and Jordan used to look at in "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven That I've Seen"?
(a) Bad Taxidermy.
(b) Funny Animals.
(c) Can i Haz Cheezburger.
(d) Youtube.

3. What is the mood of Jordy's funeral?
(a) Angry and bitter.
(b) Exhausting and tired.
(c) Somber and sacred.
(d) Melancholy but exciting.

4. How did Jordan find out about this race in "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven That I've Seen"?
(a) Jordy was secretly recruited.
(b) Word of mouth.
(c) The newspaper.
(d) The internet.

5. What do Craig and Naomi argue over in the hotel room in "Why Do Stars Falls Down from the Sky"?
(a) The reason Alec died.
(b) The difference between Aloe and Agave.
(c) Why Marielle will not reveal her daughter's father.
(d) Why Naomi is being so defensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mia in the middle of doing when she runs in to her mother?

2. What does Naomi think about when leaning on Jordan in "Why Do Stars Falls Down from the Sky"?

3. Where is Mia going to college?

4. When the water is described as sunlight piercing "the surface, illuminating just enough of the water below" (351) that is an example of?

5. What is the name of Naomi's skydiving instructor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Under what circumstances does Marielle see Mia in "There's a Wonder in Most Everything I See"?

2. What does Craig admit about Jordy during his funeral to lighten the mood; how did he arrive at this opinion?

3. Why does Naomi repeat a calculation at the beginning of "Why Do Stars Fall Down From the Sky"?

4. What does Jordan Tosic ask of people in his obituary?

5. What prompts Jordan to reveal a secret about Alec, and what is the secret?

6. What does Jordy do for their anniversary? What steps does he take to make it extra special in "Why Do Stars Fall Down From the Sky"?

7. What advice does the older swimmer give Jordy when he asks for advice?

8. What does Jordan envision at the end of Jordy's race and what really happens?

9. What metaphor/memory of Jordan's ends "You're the Closest Thing to Heaven That I've Seen"?

10. When was Jordy's funeral held and what was the tone?

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