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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joey do when Ed says his mother is part of his problem?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Agrees with him.
(c) Defends her.
(d) Cries.

2. What is wrong with May?
(a) Her eyes are crossed.
(b) She can only read backwards.
(c) Her feet point inwards.
(d) She is hard of hearing.

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

4. Who brings Joey homework while he is at the new school?
(a) Ms. Maxy.
(b) His mother.
(c) The principal.
(d) The school nurse.

5. What does Maria's father call Joey?
(a) Messed up.
(b) Delinquent.
(c) Unforgiving.
(d) A nobody.

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

7. How does Maria's father respond to Joey's attempts to make it up to Maria?
(a) He hits him.
(b) He rips up the letter.
(c) He almost attacks him.
(d) He threatens to press charges.

8. What does Joey's mother do when she sees the dirty band aid Joey picks up?
(a) Gives him a clean one.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Slaps his hand.
(d) Cries.

9. What goal does Joey tell the school nurse about?
(a) He wants to become a teacher.
(b) He wants to help his mom stop drinking.
(c) He wants to invent a better medicine for kids like him.
(d) He wants to do one good thing every day.

10. What does Joey ask his mother for more of after his first day at the new school?
(a) A better house.
(b) New medication.
(c) Some responsibility.
(d) A ride to school.

11. Where is Joey told to get counseling?
(a) A Special Education center.
(b) A therapeutic office.
(c) The nurse's office.
(d) The school counseling center.

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

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

14. What does Ed say Joey's grandmother did to cause him problems?
(a) Left him.
(b) Berated him.
(c) Coddled him.
(d) Abused him.

15. What kind of book does Joey's mom buy him?
(a) A large picture book.
(b) A book about dogs.
(c) A poetry book.
(d) A book about baseball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the student Joey hurts?

2. What does Joey's mother say on the way to Pittsburgh that hurts his feelings?

3. Who helps Joey prove he is not being abused?

4. How does Mr. Preston feel about Joey's mother not coming to the appointment?

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

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