This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. What happens to change Matt’s mind about working at the Cluck Bucket?

A) He does not like the way Renee and Clara treat him.

B) He realizes there is no money in it.

C) He finds out they are not hiring at the moment.

D) He sees a kitchen worker cleaning up a mess.

2. To what circumstance does Matt partially attribute his close friendship to Chris?

A) They live on the same street in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

B) They witnessed a shooting when they were young.

C) They are in the same classes at school all day.

D) They have the same amount of experience with girls.

3. Of these, which one is a problem that becomes evident for Matt around the time he returns to school?