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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jamie say he still pictures?
(a) Van throwing Nin across the room.
(b) Van standing by the crib hanging his head.
(c) Patty smoking a cigarette whilst holding Nin.
(d) Earl smiling down at him.

2. What does Jamie worry his mother has forgotten?
(a) His magic box.
(b) His magic book.
(c) His teddy bear.
(d) His computer.

3. How does the author describe the atmosphere immediately after Patty catches Nin?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Dead quiet.
(c) Dead calm.
(d) Frizzled.

4. What wakes Jamie up when they get to Earl's?
(a) Earl's screams.
(b) Nin's crying.
(c) The crunching of gravel.
(d) A mobile phone.

5. What does part of Jamie never want to stop doing?
(a) Reading.
(b) Crying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jamie and his family leave their home?

2. Who does Jamie wish Earl was?

3. What was Jamie doing before Van threw Nin out of her cot?

4. What does Jamie say everything felt like when Mrs. Gimber was his teacher?

5. What was Nin's crying the sound of in Jamie's dream?

(see the answer key)

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