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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamie say Patty does in record time?

2. Why does Patty send Jamie outside of the trailer?

3. What did a waiter once show Jamie how to do?

4. What does Jamie break in the car on the way back home from the restaurant?

5. How does Jamie offer to help his mother in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel end?

2. How does Earl teach Jamie how to ice skate?

3. How does Patty answer Jamie's question at the end of this section?

4. What does Jamie fantasize in Chapter 7?

5. How does Patty calm Jamie down?

6. Describe the argument between Patty and Jamie in this section?

7. How does Jamie react when his mother disappears down the road?

8. What does Jamie remember about the waiter?

9. How does Mrs. Desrochers support Jamie and his mother?

10. Summarize the novel.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Jamie's obsession with magic help him forget about his problems? How does Patty use Jamie's love of magic to control him?

Essay Topic 2

How does Earl help Patty and her children? Why doesn't push Patty more? What does the way he deals with the situation say about his relationship with Patty and his understanding about how she works?

Essay Topic 3

What will happen to the characters in the future? What happens in the book that suggests the characters lives will map out like this?

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