Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which motif do “Ava Wrestles the Alligator,” “Haunting Olivia,” and “Accident Brief, Occurrence # 00/422” all explore?

A) Sexual awakening

B) Parental abandonment

C) Difficulties with step-parents

D) The lingering aftereffects of death

2. Which motif do “The City of Shells” and “Accident Brief, Occurrence # 00/422” both explore?

A) Sexual awakening

B) Parental abandonment

C) Difficulties with step-parents

D) The lingering aftereffects of death

3. What do Ollie in “The Star-Gazer’s Log of Summer-Time Crime,” Reg in “Lady Yeti and the Palace of Artificial Snows,” and Elijah in “Z. Z.’s Sleep-Away Camp for Disordered Dreamers” all have in common?

A) They each have a twin sibling.

B) They are afraid of becoming independent adults.

C) They each commit a crime.

D) They are being raised by single parents.

4. What is the most frequent setting for the stories in this collection?

A) The American West

B) An island in Florida

C) An unnamed forest

D) An unnamed mountain

5. Which of the following is a common theme in many of the stories in this collection?

A) Growing up can be painful.

B) People are easily manipulated through sex.

C) Poverty encourages bad choices.

D) Not everyone deserves to be saved.

6. Which is the most common traumatic experience the characters in these stories are trying to cope with?