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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Mrs. Cole's occupation?
(a) Gifted teacher.
(b) Principal.
(c) Motivational speaker.
(d) Substitute teacher.

3. How many presents does Joey get from his mother when he goes to his new school?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Joey told to get counseling?

3. What keeps Joey from jumping off the bus at the railroad tracks?

4. What is Joey's first present from his mother when he goes to his new school?

5. Why does Mr. Preston think Joey is being abused?

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