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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. In Chapter 8, what denomination postage stamp was on Jarrett's father's letter?
(a) 25 cents.
(b) 30 cents.
(c) 29 cents.
(d) 32 cents.

2. Where would the mini-book that Jarrett and his classmates were making be sold?
(a) Comic World.
(b) Wickett Comics.
(c) Book Emporium.
(d) That's Entertainment.

3. What was the name of Pat's father?
(a) Billy.
(b) Donny.
(c) Will.
(d) Frank.

4. Where did Joe buy a house for Leslie and Miguel to live in?
(a) 10 blocks from him.
(b) Across town.
(c) 3 blocks from him.
(d) Around the corner from him.

5. In Chapter 6, what contest were students in Jarrett's art class to create drawings for?
(a) Boston Herald.
(b) Boston Globe.
(c) Worchester Pilot.
(d) Telegram and Gazette.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of music was played during Jarrett's comic book class?

2. In Chapter 7, why could Holly not take Jarrett and Pat where they wanted to go?

3. What type of cards did Jarrett always find difficult to choose for Leslie?

4. Where did Jarrett tape his fortune that he received in a fortune cookie during a birthday dinner?

5. Where did Grandpa offer to send Jarrett to art classes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work did Joe do when he was a boy?

2. What did Lynn warn Jarrett about, and how did her prophecy come true?

3. What happened when Jarrett and his friends went out in Chapter 7?

4. Why did Jarrett not want his grandparents to attend the eighth grade dinner, and why did he change his mind about having them there?

5. What did Jarrett say his grandfather's factory and working there?

6. What did Jarrett say about family at the end of Chapter 8?

7. At various times in his life why did Jarrett draw?

8. What was Jarrett's comic book class like?

9. In Chapter 8, where did Jarrett volunteer that he said changed his life?

10. What did Joe tell Jarrett about working in the factory?

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