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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. Whom does Brent sit beside in the dining hall?
(a) An attractive eighteen year old French girl.
(b) An eighteen year old German student.
(c) Two Canadian cyclists.
(d) An older, bearded gentlemen.

2. What does Brent see as he enters the El Paso bus station?
(a) A picture of Lea.
(b) A lost puppy.
(c) A picture of a missing child.
(d) A picture of himself on a "Wanted" poster.

3. What does Brent feel is missing in his life?
(a) Faith and hope.
(b) Friends and family.
(c) Motivation and direction.
(d) Skills and interests.

4. As Chapter 5 begins, what city is Brent's next destination?
(a) San Diego.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Miami.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. What is the temperature that is displayed on the sign outside the station?
(a) 75 degrees.
(b) 98 degrees.
(c) 109 degrees.
(d) 32 degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tony want to be?

2. Why does Jenny not want to drive Grandma anywhere?

3. Which musician is Lea?

4. What does Brent resolve as he is studying during his breaks.

5. What form will Brent's next whiligig take?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect do her parents' actions concerning their Jewish heritage have on Jenny?

2. Up until this point in his life, Brent has never had any interests other than looking cool. What new interests are now filling Brent's spare time? What role models have helped him establish these other interests?

3. About what do the children warn Brent regarding the location of the wooden band whirligig?

4. Describe the wooden band whirligig. How does it move in the wind?

5. Emil makes a comment to Brent that his father had told him that teachers live forever through their students. When Brent hears this, what person in his past comes to mind? What do her words mean to Brent at the time she speaks to him? What realization has Emil's sharing brought to Brent?

6. How is dinner at the hostel different from Brent's dinner at home with his parents?

7. What does Grandma know at the beginning of the journey that Jenny does not know? What makes the ride even more poignant with Jenny?

8. In Chapter 6, what task has the fifth grade teacher assigned that is difficult for her student Tony? Why is the assignment so hard?

9. As Brent steps into the hostel's dining hall, he sees a bearded man playing a concertina for the guests. Why does Brent admire this man? What is Brent thinking as he watches the bearded man entertain?

10. What does the whale whirligig represent to Grandma?

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