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

Multiple Choice

1. Which is the best description of Candice?

A) Curious and blunt

B) Empathetic and shy

C) Confident and smart

D) Impulsive and witty

2. How does Candice change over the course of the story?

A) She learns the value of honesty.

B) She becomes a braver person.

C) She gains better control of her emotions.

D) She becomes a more loving person.

3. What is Candice’s main reason for wanting to solve the mystery?

A) She hopes to find enough money to go to college.

B) She wants to clear her grandmother’s name.

C) She wants the town to pay for what it did to the Washingtons.

D) She is trying to distract herself from her parents’ divorce.

4. What does the novel imply is the secret that Brandon is struggling with?

A) He might be gay.

B) He cannot read.

C) He is very ill.

D) He is being abused.

5. What do details like his using the nickname “Candi” and questioning Candice about a romantic interest in Brandon imply is true about Candice’s father, Joe?

A) He has a strange sense of humor and does not understand others’ feelings.

B) He is a callous person who does not really care about Candice’s feelings.