SETTING

Choose the best answer.

1 Every morning for two years, Justine has _____ Vic on the school bus.
a □ always sat beside
b □ usually sat behind
c □ sometimes smiled at
d □ never spoken to

2 Vic wants to show Will around the school because _____.

a □ Will is lost
b □ they are best friends
c □ it is Will’s first day at the school
d □ it is their first day at a new school

3 Will and Justine go to _____ after school and Vic hides outside in the rain.
a □ the bus stop
b □ watch the school football team
c □ the café
d □ Justine’s parents’ house

4 Vic is on his computer _____ when the lightning gives him an idea.
a □ in the café
b □ in his bedroom
c □ in the school classroom
d □ on the school bus

5 Elizabeth shows her friends her new _____ when they are eating lunch at school.
a □ computer
b □ locket
c □ memory card
d □ notebook

6 Vic changes the photos he has taken and sends them with nasty messages from
_____.
a □ his computer at home
b □ Henry’s computer
b □ Will’s computer
d □ Will’s phone

7 Vic asks Henry about memory cards when Henry is _____.

a □ eating a snack behind the school
b □ drinking coffee at the café
c □ eating lunch with Will
d □ eating a snack on the school bus

8 Vic puts a different memory card into Justine’s bag when she is _____.
a □ at the café
b □ at the bus stop
c □ on the school bus
d □ in Mr Waldman’s classroom

9 Mr Waldman finds the missing locket inside Justine’s coat pocket when she is _____.
a □ in his classroom
b □ in the head teacher’s office
c □ at Elizabeth’s locker
d □ on the school bus

10 At the end of the story, Vic will _____.

a □ need to go to a new school
b □ stay at the same school
c □ need to get a new computer
d □ need to get a new memory card

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CHARACTERS
Choose the best answer.

11 At the start of the story, Vic doesn’t talk to Justine because he _____.
a □ feels afraid
b □ doesn’t notice her
c □ is too popular
d □ catches a different bus to school

12 Vic thinks Justine and her friends _____.

a □ notice him
b □ laugh at him
c □ are angry with him
d □ like going to the café after school with him

13 Will is the _____ new boy at the school.

a □ good-looking
b □ short
c □ unpopular
d □ angry

14 Everyone likes Henry because he _____.

a □ does their homework
b □ is awesome at sport
c □ helps people
d □ is tall and good-looking

15 Vic thinks Elizabeth is secretly sad because _____.

a □ her parents never buy her expensive presents
b □ she is not very popular at school
c □ her mother is ill in hospital
d □ Justine and Will are friends

16 Vic’s parents are worried about Vic because he _____.

a □ never turns on his computer
b □ always seems unhappy
c □ talks to strangers
d □ is very noisy and doesn’t stop talking

17 Vic feels _____ when the head teacher says they have worked out the identity of the
monster.
a □ awesome
b □ left out
c □ angry
d □ faint

18 _____ saw Vic put his hand into Justine’s bag on the school bus.
a □ The head teacher
b □ Will
c □ The bus driver
d □ Mr Waldman

19 When Vic walks into the head teacher’s office, he sees _____ waiting for him.
a □ Justine
b □ his parents
c □ the bus driver
d □ the police

20 At the end of the story, Vic imagines _____ walking away and leaving him.
a □ the monster
b □ Will
c □ Justine
d □ his parents

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DIALOGUE
Who says this?

21 ‘Today school’s going to be different. Today everything’s going to change.’

a □ Mr Waldman
b □ Elizabeth
c □ Henry
d □ Vic
22 ‘Do you play football? I was in the team at my old school.’
a □ Vic
b □ Will
c □ Justine
d □ Mr Waldman

23 ‘I can use my computer for revenge.’

a □ Henry
b □ Elizabeth
c □ Will
d □ Vic

24 ‘Look at this. It’s a present from my mom. It has a photo of her inside.’
a □ Justine
b □ Henry
c □ Elizabeth
d □ Will

25 ‘I like him a lot. But don’t tell anyone, it’s a secret.’

a □ Justine about Henry
b □ Elizabeth about Will
c □ Justine about Will
d □ Elizabeth about Vic

26 ‘What’s wrong with Vic these days? Why is he always unhappy?’

a □ Mr Waldman
b □ Vic’s mom
c □ Justine
d □ Will

27 ‘This monster can’t hide and very soon we’re going to know his or her name.’
a □ Mr Waldman
b □ Vic’s mom
c □ the head teacher
d □ the bus driver

28 ‘Your phone has a memory card in it already – you don’t need two memory cards.’
a □ Justine
b □ Henry
c □ Vic
d □ Will

29 ‘No! I didn’t take the locket. Please, Mr Waldman. It wasn’t me. It’s not true!’
a □ Justine
b □ Elizabeth
c □ Henry
d □ Will

30 ‘I’m not a monster. I’m unhappy. I’m always alone and wanted a friend.’
a □ Will
b □ Mr Waldman
c □ Justine
d □ Vic

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VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer.

31 when a person has a lot of friends

a □ left out
b □ invisible
c □ popular
d □ nasty

32 when you can’t see somebody or something

a □ invite
b □ invisible
c □ stranger
d □ monster

33 not beautiful, bad to look at

a □ ugly
b □ good-looking
c □ fun
d □ sad

34 when you do something bad to someone because they did something bad to you
a □ homework
b □ chat
c □ chase
d □ revenge

35 a little flat, expensive box that your wear around your neck, usually with a picture of
someone you love in it
a □ memory card
b □ locker
c □ locket
d □ lightning

36 a person who does very bad things

a □ popular
b □ truth
c □ monster
d □ stranger

37 a small, flat square inside a phone which has all the photos in it
a □ notebook
b □ memory card
c □ screen
d □ message

38 not in the usual place

a □ missing
b □ message
c □ trapped
d □ pick up

39 who a person is
a □ invite
b □ identity
c □ invisible
d □ imagine

40 what is true
a □ reason
b □ revenge
c □ trapped
d □ truth

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PLOT
Choose the best answer.

41 At the start of the story, Vic _____.

a □ has lots of friends
b □ wants a friend
c □ has an invisible friend
d □ doesn’t go to the same school as Justine and her friends

42 Vic wants Justine to notice him so one day he _____.

a □ wears a new shirt and changes his hair
b □ invites Justine to his birthday party
c □ sits beside Justine on the school bus
d □ invites Justine for a coffee after school

43 On Will’s first day, Will and _____ after school.

a □ Vic play football
b □ Vic go with Justine to the café
c □ Justine go to the café and don’t invite Vic
d □ Vic watch the school football team

44 Vic decides to use _____ for revenge.

a □ his computer
b □ the café
c □ the lightning
d □ his homework

45 When Vic sends the nasty messages and photos, it says they are from _____.
a □ #astranger
b □ #afriend
c □ #Vic
d □ #Will

46 Vic takes the locket from _____.

a □ Justine’s bag on the bus
b □ Justine’s coat pocket in the classroom
c □ Elizabeth’s locker at school
d □ Elizabeth’s bag in the café

47 Vic hides Elizabeth’s locket in _____ coat pocket.

a □ Will’s
b □ Elizabeth’s
c □ Justine’s
d □ Henry’s

48 Vic changes the memory card so that all the terrible photos and words from #afriend
are on _____ phone.
a □ Justine’s
b □ Elizabeth’s
c □ Henry’s
d □ Will’s

49 Vic suddenly understands that to have a good friend, you _____.

a □ need to be good at sport
b □ need to send lots of messages and photos
c □ need to be a good friend
d □ need to help people with their homework

50 At the end of the story, Vic _____.

a □ gives Elizabeth her locket back
b □ gives his computer to Henry
c □ turns off the #afriend identity
d □ can’t turn off the #afriend identity but agrees never to use it again

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