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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 does Joey's mother get defensive about when he tells her what Ed said on his first day at the new school?
(a) Her gambling.
(b) Her drinking.
(c) Joey's father.
(d) Leaving when he was little.

2. What does Joey's mother promise him if he is good at the new school?
(a) She will stop drinking.
(b) His grandmother will come home.
(c) He can get a dog.
(d) They will visit his father.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Joey told to get counseling?

2. What is wrong with May?

3. Why is Joey sent to Pittsburgh?

4. What kind of school is Maria transferred to?

5. What does Joey fear when he is on the bus to his first day at the new school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What negative thing does Ed say about Joey's mother?

2. What does Joey do when he needs a break at his new school?

3. What is Joey's punishment for hurting one of his classmates?

4. What does Maria's father say about Joey's mother?

5. What does Ed say when Joey redials his mother's phone number compulsively on his first day at the new school?

6. What did Ms. Maxy do after the accident with another classmate that caused Joey's feelings to be hurt?

7. What was Joey doing just before he hurt one of his classmates?

8. What did Joey used to do after his mother left him?

9. How did Joey's grandmother used to use his mother against him?

10. Why does Joey's mother cry the entire time she is talking with the principal about Joey's accident with Maria?

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