Pet

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

Multiple Choice

1. How does Jam change in this novel?

A) She becomes more skilled at looking beyond the surface of things.

B) She becomes more comfortable with lying to protect others’ feelings.

C) She becomes less willing to tolerate cowardly behavior from adults.

D) She becomes less willing to allow others to influence her thinking.

2. Why do the people of Lucille refuse to see the monsters in their midst?

A) They benefit from the actions of these monsters.

B) Everyone is a blend of good and evil.

C) They do not trust the perceptions of children.

D) The truth is too upsetting.

3. Which of the following statements would Pet be most likely to agree with by the end of the novel?

A) Confronting evil requires caution and careful planning.

B) Ignoring evil allows it to flourish.

C) It is possible to permanently defeat evil.

D) Whether or not something is evil is a matter of opinion.

4. After Pet’s arrival in Lucille, who experiences a loss of innocence?

A) Moss

B) Jam and Pet

C) Most of the people of Lucille

D) The children in Jam’s and Redemption’s families

5. Which of the following statements do the events of this novel most clearly support?

A) Utopia is not permanent: It has to be constantly recreated.

B) People will never be able to agree on what a utopia should be.

C) Most utopias are dystopian, when you look below the surface.

D) Utopia is a dream that people can chase but never actually get close to.

6. Which of the following statements do the events of the novel most clearly support?

A) Justice, rehabilitation, and making amends are all just illusions.

B) Real justice means doing to the perpetrator whatever they did to their victim.

C) Victims of crime should be allowed to decide the perpetrator’s fate.

D) Pursuing justice is the responsibility of the entire community.

7. Which of the following statements is most clearly true about Lucille?

A) Without monsters to fight against, much of the passion has gone out of the people’s lives.

B) Living in a utopia means conforming to one narrow way of behaving and thinking.

C) Individual differences are embraced, as long as these differences do not harm others.

D) Their long battle to eliminate monsters has left the people suspicious and mistrustful.

8. Which of the following incidents most clearly shows Jam’s strong sense of right and wrong?

A) When she realizes that Pet is an actual angel

B) When she keeps the location of the monster from Redemption

C) When she decides to let her parents think that Pet has gone away

D) When she forces Pet to teleport them both away from Moss’s bedroom

9. How does Redemption change in this novel?

A) He becomes more trusting of others.

B) He becomes more willing to use violence.

C) He becomes more willing to accept help.

D) He becomes more withdrawn and suspicious.

10. Which is the best characterization of Bitter and Aloe’s parenting?

A) They are protective and supportive but do not shy away from telling their daughter hard truths about the world.

B) Because of their own struggles to accept Jam’s gender identity, they sometimes worry too much about how others will treat her.

C) Because of their own past experiences, they tend to be overprotective of Jam, preventing her from fully growing up.

D) They are empathetic and warm parents but sometimes act more like Jam’s friends than adult authority figures.

11. Which character’s name has the strongest element of foreshadowing?

A) Redemption

B) Hibiscus

C) Pet

D) Bitter

12. What truth about life does Hibiscus’s character illustrate?

A) People with abnormal impulses will often give themselves away through subtle signs.

B) Even the people we love and respect the most can be capable of doing bad things.

C) An interest in fighting shows that a person is capable of violence and rule breaking.

D) Charming people can generally convince others to ignore their bad behavior.

13. Which of the following statements do the events of the novel most clearly support?

A) Violence is necessary to protect the innocent.

B) Violence is never an appropriate choice.

C) Violence often leads to more violence.

D) Violence is a choice made by “abnormal” people.

14. Which of the novel’s thematic concerns do Jam’s gender identity, Hibiscus’s character, and the violent actions of the angels during the revolution all support?

A) It is important to look beneath the surface of things to fully understand them.

B) Many binaries are socially constructed and do not accurately represent reality.

C) It is important to remember the past because it continues to affect the present.

D) Creating a better world is a project that everyone has to engage in together.

15. Which of the following does the novel most clearly equate innocence with?

A) Safety

B) Childhood

C) Goodness

D) Ignorance

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. How do the words of a Gwendolyn Brooks poem quoted in Chapter 1 foreshadow later events in this novel?

2. How is Jam’s gender identity connected to Pet’s confidence that Jam will be able to find the monster in Lucille?