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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grade was Joe in when he met Shirley?
(a) Freshman.
(b) Senior.
(c) Junior.
(d) Sophomore.

2. What did Leslie steal from Shirley that Shirley had on the kitchen table in Chapter 4?
(a) Purse.
(b) Necklace.
(c) Billfold.
(d) Sapphire Ring.

3. What did Jarrett do at the police station when his mother was arrested for shoplifting?
(a) Ate a snack.
(b) Looked at the pictures in a book.
(c) Tried to sit quietly.
(d) Drew pictures.

4. What bath toys did Jarrett have when he lived with his mother?
(a) Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Lucy.
(b) Fish and an octopus.
(c) Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
(d) Yellow and purple rubber ducks.

5. Where did Jarrett's parents meet?
(a) Church.
(b) High school.
(c) His father's family's restaurant.
(d) His father's family's bar.

6. What noise did Jarrett make when he was walking behind his mother and a boyfriend in Chapter 2?
(a) Splat splat.
(b) Zip zip.
(c) Squish squish.
(d) Swoosh swoosh.

7. Where would Joe go sometimes before coming home from work?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Football game.
(c) Bar.
(d) To see Leslie.

8. Who was the only person that Jarrett told about his mom being a drug addict?
(a) Dave.
(b) Rob.
(c) Bill.
(d) Pat.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what did Jarrett tell his mother he wanted to do when he grew up?
(a) Be a policeman.
(b) Build her a house.
(c) Be a fireman.
(d) Marry her.

10. Where did Grandpa get a house for Leslie in Chapter 2?
(a) 4th Ave.
(b) Bauer Street.
(c) 3rd Ave.
(d) Pace Street.

11. What was in Jarrett's recurring dream in Chapter 4?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Car accident.
(d) His mother walking away.

12. In Chapter 2, how old was Jarrett when he had to get his own breakfast?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

13. In the Prologue, when did the man's parents die?
(a) 1963 and 1968.
(b) 1956 and 1963.
(c) 1949 and 1957.
(d) 1955 and 1958.

14. How many people were in the drawing Jarrett made of his family in Chapter 3?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

15. Where did Leslie see the name that she gave her baby?
(a) In a novel.
(b) Billboard.
(c) In a newspaper ad.
(d) On the side of a truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what t-shirt was Jarrett wearing when his mother told him to put on his jammies?

2. In Chapter 3, where would Jarrett play with the toy his mother gave him?

3. In Chapter 2, where did Jarrett and his mother go shopping?

4. At the end of Chapter 2, what did Jarrett play with?

5. How did giving Leslie her own apartment work?

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