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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy in the helmet do on the bus ride to the new school?
(a) Smack his head into the seats.
(b) Shouts out obscenities.
(c) Falls asleep.
(d) Drools.

2. Why is Joey sent to Pittsburgh?
(a) To talk to Maria.
(b) To get a brain scan.
(c) To attend a new school.
(d) To speak with his father.

3. How does Joey get to Pittsburgh?
(a) His mother drives him.
(b) He takes a cab.
(c) He takes a bus.
(d) He gets a train ticket.

4. Who does Joey have an appointment with on his second day at the new school?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The nutritionist.
(c) The nurse.
(d) The psychologist.

5. Who helps Joey prove he is not being abused?
(a) Mrs. Maxy.
(b) Joey's mother.
(c) Ed.
(d) The school nurse.

6. What is Joey's first present from his mother when he goes to his new school?
(a) A pill bottle.
(b) A notebook.
(c) Some advice.
(d) A framed picture.

7. Why does Joey hope to find the severed nose of his classmate?
(a) So he can make ammends.
(b) He is curious what it looks like.
(c) So he won't be in trouble anymore.
(d) He wants the bad dreams to stop.

8. What does the driver to Joey's new school call him?
(a) The foster child.
(b) The nose slicer.
(c) The new kid.
(d) The bad seed.

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

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

11. What does Joey's mother say she did before coming back to him?
(a) Sought counselling.
(b) Made herself ready.
(c) Got a job.
(d) Pulled herself together.

12. Why does Joey's mother pinch him when they are talking to the principal after Joey hurts a class mate?
(a) To keep him on task.
(b) To show she supports him.
(c) So he will come out of his trance.
(d) To punish him more.

13. What is Joey's mother's name?
(a) Fran.
(b) Gretchen.
(c) Chloe.
(d) Heidi.

14. Why does Ed say Joey is at his new school?
(a) To be punished.
(b) To get some help.
(c) To protect others.
(d) To protect himself.

15. Who does Maria's father blame for what happened to Joey?
(a) Joey's mother.
(b) Joey's teacher.
(c) Joey's father.
(d) Joey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nutritionist say Joey needs more of?

2. How many presents does Joey get from his mother when he goes to his new school?

3. Why does Joey pick up a dirty band aid off the ground?

4. What does Joey's mother get defensive about when he tells her what Ed said on his first day at the new school?

5. What does Joey have for dinner after his first day at the new school?

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