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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. The summer after Jarrett and his friends graduated from eighth grade, what show did they record?

2. In Chapter 5, what did Leslie give Jarrett when he saw her?

3. When Jarrett volunteered at a camp for cancer patients, how old was the boy who had leukemia?

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

5. Where did most of Jarrett's friends go to high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Jarrett create for his grandparents' 45th anniversary, and how did they like it?

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Jarrett hate Holy Name, and why did he decide not to transfer?

8. What did Mark, the teacher of the comic book class, say when Jarrett brought him the book How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way?

9. In Chapter 7, what did Shirley say about Christmas?

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

Jarrett has nightmares. What types of nightmares does Jarrett have? How old is he when he has nightmares? What do nightmares symbolize in Jarrett’s life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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