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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. On what floor was Leslie's apartment in Chapter 5?

2. What type of food did Jarrett and his family have for his birthday in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 5, what did Jarrett's grandparents buy him for his art?

4. In Chapter 5, how often did Jarrett have art in school before funding was slashed?

5. In Chapter 7, how long were Joe and Shirley married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jarrett get in trouble at his grandfather's factory?

2. In Chapter 5, why did Joe get angry when he was reading the newspaper?

3. In Chapter 7, how did Jarrett feel about seeing his mother with a boyfriend, and why?

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

5. In Chapter 5, what did Joe offer to pay for Jarrett to attend and why?

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

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

8. What were some things that Jarrett and his friends did the summer after they graduated from eighth grade?

9. What was going to be the culmination of the comic book class?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe is a strong influence in Jarrett’s life. What type of person is Joe, and what influences did he have in his life that made him the person that he is? How did his experiences in life help him to be a positive influence in Jarrett’s life?

Essay Topic 2

Hey, Kiddo is a true story. Why is the story an autobiographic memoir and not a biography?

Essay Topic 3

Krosoczka uses a cliffhanger at the end of Chapter 7. How does Krosoczka end Chapter 7? What questions are left unanswered when the chapter ends? How does the inconclusive ending affect a reader's desire to keep reading? Does a cliffhanger make readers want to keep reading or make them want to give up on a story?

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