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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 does Jamie feel all over?
(a) Scrootchy.
(b) Hatchy.
(c) Stratchy.
(d) Latchy.

2. What does Jamie say his mother is wrapping him up like?
(a) An unwanted toy.
(b) A Christmas present.
(c) Broken glass.
(d) A breakable object.

3. Where does Earl live?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Arizona.

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

5. How does Jamie feel as he is getting dressed?
(a) Excited.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Mellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Earl's ex-wife?

2. What does Jamie say he still pictures?

3. What does Earl's trailer remind Jamie of?

4. What kind of animal does Jamie hope they can sit like in the trailer?

5. What kind of air does the author say encases them as they walk outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jamie recall about Van and Chapter 3?

2. Describe the trailer and its area?

3. Who is Agnes and what is her role in the story?

4. How does Patty scare Jamie in this section?

5. How does Patty reassure Jamie?

6. How does Earl react to seeing Patty and her children at his house?

7. What are the living arrangements in the trailer?

8. Why does Jamie think it is okay if he doesn't go to school?

9. Why is Jamie happy that Nin will be sleeping in the bureau drawer?

10. What does Jamie fantasize about Earl?

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