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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ed's occupation?
(a) Personal assistant.
(b) Bus driver.
(c) Case worker.
(d) Special Education teacher.

2. How does Joey tell his mother he felt during his first day at the new school?
(a) Happy,
(b) Scared.
(c) Welcomed.
(d) Confused.

3. What does Joey scream after hurting a class mate?
(a) I'm sorry.
(b) Why?
(c) I didn't mean to.
(d) How?

4. What does Joey say in a restaurant that makes his mother cry?
(a) He is sorry she is so sad.
(b) He wants to be good.
(c) People think he is brain damaged.
(d) Nobody believes him.

5. What does Joey plan to make with his new slogan?
(a) T-shirts.
(b) Pencil cases.
(c) Bumper stickers.
(d) Vinyl signs.

6. What does Joey fear when he is on the bus to his first day at the new school?
(a) He will never get back home.
(b) They will take his mother away.
(c) The bus will crash.
(d) His mother will forget about him.

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

8. 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) His father would not know him if he saw him.
(c) She wishes he had never been born.
(d) Taking the day off will never be worth it.

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

10. How does Joey feel when he sneaks out of class while he has a substitute teacher?
(a) Smart.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Special.
(d) Normal.

11. Who does Joey sneak out of class with when he has a substitute teacher?
(a) The afternoon class students.
(b) The gifted students.
(c) The Special Education students.
(d) The morning class students.

12. What keeps Joey from jumping off the bus at the railroad tracks?
(a) His fear of getting lost.
(b) His medication.
(c) The request from his mother.
(d) Charlie's eyes.

13. What does Joey have for dinner after his first day at the new school?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Macaroni and cheese.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Stew.

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

15. What does Joey hurt another student with?
(a) Glue.
(b) Scissors.
(c) Pencils.
(d) His fingernails.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed say Joey's grandmother did to cause him problems?

2. What does Charlie do when Joey sits next to him?

3. What habit does Joey want his mother to stop?

4. What does the driver to Joey's new school call him?

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

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