3. When would Jarrett's grandmother get verbally abusive in Chapter 4?
(a) When she was under stress.
(b) When she was tired.
(c) When her daughters were irritating her.
(d) When she was drunk.

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

5. What did Leslie shoplift in Chapter 2?
(a) Books.
(b) Food.
(c) Toys.
(d) Scarves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what month did Leslie come and celebrate Jarrett's birthday early?

2. In Chapter 3, where was Jarrett going?

3. Where is the only place that Grandma drives in the Prologue?

4. How many children did Joe and Shirley have?

5. What surprised Jarret in Chapter 2 when he slept over at his grandparents' house one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Prologue, where are Jarrett and his grandfather, and what are they doing?

2. What did Jarrett's grandmother, Shirley, think when she found out her daughter, Leslie, was pregnant, and how did she change when the baby was born?

3. How did Jarrett's grandparents meet?

4. In Chapter 2, what decisions did Leslie make that altered the relationship between her and her son?

5. What happened after Jarrett and his mother left the mall in Chapter 2?

6. In Chapter 3, when and where did Jarrett get to see his mother?

7. What was Gates Lane School and what was it like?

8. Who gained guardianship of Jarrett and why?

9. What was more important to Joe than high school graduation?

10. In Chapter 1, what does Jarrett know about his parents?

(see the answer keys)

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