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

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

3. What does Joey ask his mother for more of after his first day at the new school?
(a) New medication.
(b) A better house.
(c) Some responsibility.
(d) A ride to school.

4. 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) Taking the day off will never be worth it.
(d) She wishes he had never been born.

5. What is May's sister's name?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) March.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria's father call Joey?

2. What does Joey hurt another student with?

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

4. What does Joey scream after hurting a class mate?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Joey hurt another classmate?

4. What does Joey's mother ask of Joey when they are sitting in the car eating their fast food?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Joey say he wants a dog?

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

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