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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 Ed say causes Joey's fears?
(a) His condition.
(b) His father's life-style.
(c) His abandonment issues.
(d) His medication.

2. How does Joey try to make it up to Maria?
(a) He goes to her house to apologize.
(b) He writes her a nice letter.
(c) He sings songs in front of her window.
(d) He cuts his own nose and takes a picture.

3. What kind of school is Maria transferred to?
(a) Catholic school.
(b) Home school.
(c) Gifted School.
(d) Private School.

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

5. What does Joey's mother tell Joey to do when he thinks of bad things?
(a) Look at her picture.
(b) Think of a good thing.
(c) Take a pill.
(d) Draw in the notebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joey try to do when he gets home after trying to make it up to Maria?

2. Why does Joey go to the nurse after sneaking out of class when he has a substitute?

3. Why does Joey pick up a dirty band aid off the ground?

4. What is Joey left in a room with as part of a test?

5. What does Joey ask his mother for more of after his first day at the new school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joey gain from sneaking out with the gifted students when he has a substitute?

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

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

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

5. What do Joey and his mother do to entertain themselves on the trip to Pittsburgh?

6. What does Joey realize during his first break at his new school?

7. What does Joey do when he gets hyper on the bus?

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

9. Why does Joey tell his mother about his past hurts while they are traveling to Pittsburgh?

10. What three things does Ed promise Joey will get from the new school he is attending?

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