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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. Who gives up teeth brushing to rebel?
(a) Jack.
(b) Tom.
(c) Julie.
(d) Sue.

2. Which character hangs out with bad girls?
(a) Jack.
(b) Sue.
(c) Julie.
(d) Tom.

3. How many men show up at Jack's house with a delivery?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. Who begins to resist the family game?
(a) Julie.
(b) Sue.
(c) Jack.
(d) Tom.

5. How old is Jack when men show up at his house with a delivery?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Mother's illness worsens, who maintains the house?

2. Which child leaves for school alone in Chapter 2?

3. What does Jack do when the person he sees in the window calls to him?

4. Who wants Jack to strip to be examined to play the sex game?

5. Where do the men drop the delivery they take to Jack's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother talk to Jack about one morning when she awakens him?

2. How do the siblings tell Tom that Mother has died?

3. How does Jack's acne problem affect him socially?

4. Why is Tom tired of being a boy?

5. What does Jack notice about his mother when he sees her from a distance in Chapter 2?

6. After they go back inside the house, what plans for Mother's body do the three older siblings discuss?

7. What, specifically, do Jack and Julie do to provide Mother with an eternal resting place?

8. What happens when Julie covers Mother's body with a sheet?

9. Who is present during Father's final heart attack and why is it initially unnoticed?

10. What does the family do to celebrate Jack's birthday?

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