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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Evan's favorite game according to Jessie?
(a) Stratego.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Monopoly.

2. What had broken a week ago in the protagonist's attic?
(a) A dresser.
(b) An antique fan.
(c) An air conditioner.
(d) The Treski television.

3. At the end of Chapter1, what hits Evan in his nose?
(a) A marble.
(b) A cup.
(c) A baseball.
(d) A book.

4. Who gave Evan $10 for his birthday?
(a) His father.
(b) His mom.
(c) His grandma.
(d) His sister, Jessie.

5. What made the game Evan is playing as the book opens just interesting enough to keep it going?
(a) The thought that if he missed, he would probably break his nose.
(b) The chance that his mother would catch him and get angry.
(c) The hope that he would get the marble in the bull's eye.
(d) The idea that if he practiced enough, he would become an expert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character, Evan Trenski, doing at the start of Chapter 1?

2. What does Evan hear from above the basement in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Evan say he is mad at Jessie at the start of the novel?

4. Why is it weird that Scott Spencer comes over to spend time with Evan?

5. How does Evan explain the lights being out in the basement to his sister?

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