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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Paddy request in a letter to Santa for Christmas?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Magnifying glasses.
(c) A sleigh.
(d) Adidas football boots.

2. What is another issue that Paddy and his da like to discuss?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Paddy's ma.
(c) Paddy's school issues.
(d) Paddy's friends.

3. Who gets into trouble for doing the activity that is banned at Paddy's school by the headmaster?
(a) James.
(b) Ian.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Patty.

4. Which team is Paddy's favorite football/soccer team?
(a) Manchester United.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Manchester City.
(d) Westham United.

5. Who is always the high priest Zentoga when the boys have a naming ritual on Fridays?
(a) Kevin.
(b) Sinbad.
(c) Paddy.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kevin's older brother?

2. What type of car does Paddy's father buy?

3. What is the record number of pages that Paddy's ma read in one night?

4. Whose questions does Paddy never rush to answer?

5. When does Paddy's hero from his favorite story die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Using details from the text, describe what happens when Paddy and Kevin enter the nurse's office to have their marks checked.

2. Why does Paddy pour salt on a slug and what happens after he pours the salt?

3. Using details from the text, describe how Paddy's fort under the table is an indication that Paddy still wants to be a child.

4. Describe the ceremony that Paddy and his friends sometimes played on Fridays.

5. Why doesn't Paddy ever answer Kevin's questions?

6. Describe Paddy's relationship with his two sisters, Catherine and Deirdre.

7. What are some of the random facts that Paddy tells the reader he learned from reading?

8. What action during the family picnic causes Paddy to ruin Sinbad's biscuits? How does Paddy ruin the biscuits?

9. What happens to Paddy one day after they watch a Three Stooges movie at school?

10. What happens to Kevin's brother when he gets into big trouble?

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