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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Shifting Gears and Pittsburgh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joey's mother say on the way to Pittsburgh that hurts his feelings?
(a) She already knows what the scan will say.
(b) She wishes he had never been born.
(c) Taking the day off will never be worth it.
(d) His father would not know him if he saw him.

2. How does Joey's mother feel while he tells her what Ed said?
(a) Amused.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Confused.

3. Why does Joey pick up a dirty band aid off the ground?
(a) His scratched arm hurts.
(b) He thinks it is the one he took off.
(c) It looks like the nose to him.
(d) He wants to give it to Muriel

4. What is Joey left in a room with as part of a test?
(a) Some flowers and a vase.
(b) A box of bandaids.
(c) Paper and crayons.
(d) Some legos.

5. What does Joey try to replace the severed nose of his classmate with?
(a) A picture.
(b) A piece of chalk.
(c) His own nose.
(d) Some clay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Joey sneak out of class with when he has a substitute teacher?

2. What does Joey do when Ed says his mother is part of his problem?

3. Why is Joey sent to Pittsburgh?

4. Who brings Joey homework while he is at the new school?

5. What is Mrs. Jarzab's occupation?

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