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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Joey and his family to fight a lot?
(a) Joey's medication.
(b) The money problems.
(c) Joey's father.
(d) His mother's new rules.

2. Why is Joey not allowed to carve pumpkins with the kids in his class?
(a) He is in trouble.
(b) He hasn't taken his medication.
(c) His mother didn't sign the permission slip.
(d) The knife is too dangerous.

3. What did Joey's mother do when her husband left?
(a) Followed after him.
(b) Got a job with long hours.
(c) Went crazy.
(d) Divorced him.

4. How does Joey say his grandmother usually acts?
(a) Old.
(b) Kind.
(c) Strange.
(d) Mean.

5. What does Joey play with after being rude to his teacher?
(a) Some blocks.
(b) Some paper scraps.
(c) A ball.
(d) A can of paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joey's mother allow him to run around before school?

2. How did Joey sprain his ankle on the field trip?

3. Where does Joey wait for his mother to come home when he doesn't have his key?

4. What did Grandma used to pretend to be to please Joey?

5. What does Joey hope will get stuck to his key when he swallows it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joey say the worst abuse from his grandmother was?

2. Why is Joey's room partially painted pink?

3. Why did Joey's grandmother choose to leave?

4. What is Joey not allowed to do on the field trip, and why?

5. What are some of the ways Joey's grandmother was physically abusive?

6. What does Joey ask his mother after Harold's party, and why?

7. How does Joey's mother find out about his first visit to the Special Education room?

8. Why does Joey say he depends on his mother?

9. Where did Joey's grandmother go, and how does she feel about it?

10. Who was Joey abandoned by early in his life?

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