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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 defecated on him/herself during the siblings' games when their parents left them alone two years previously?
(a) Tom.
(b) Julie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Sue.

2. What is Derek's economic status?
(a) He is a professional pool player.
(b) He has a job as a grocery clerk.
(c) He is rich.
(d) He is also poor.

3. Who is the parking valet guy at the pool hall?
(a) Derek.
(b) Greg.
(c) Chas.
(d) The owner.

4. Where is Jack's mother in his nightmare?
(a) Under a bunch of empty cement bags.
(b) Lying in bed with him.
(c) Sitting in an armchair.
(d) Sitting on his bed.

5. Who told Tom Mother's whereabouts?
(a) Jack.
(b) Derek.
(c) Julie.
(d) Sue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the item cost that Tom is wearing as Sue and Julie laugh?

2. What do Jack's hands begin to smell like in Chapter 9?

3. What object is the focus of Jack's nightmares?

4. What does Sue say is causing the faint smell in the house?

5. While in the cellar in Chapter 7, what is it that Jack has forgotten?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Jack tell Julie about his conversations with Derek as soon as he returns home from the pool hall?

2. What inconsistency of story does Jack alert to Derek after the frog incident in the garden?

3. What conversation does Jack have with Tom after being awakened by Tom's fake crying?

4. Jack thinks his hands smell like rotten meat. What does he do? What is really causing the smell?

5. What sense does Jack experience after his mother's death? What does he say is lacking from that sense?

6. Describe Jack's recurring nightmare.

7. Discuss the owners of the pool hall's relationship with Derek. Why does he play for free?

8. Three weeks after Mother's death, how does Jack spend his time?

9. What happened to the children when they were left alone one time previously?

10. Discuss the conversation Derek strikes up at the pool hall when he starts playing.

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