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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Joey ask his mother when she gets home the day he forgets his key?

2. What does Joey have a key to?

3. What does Joey call his key?

4. Why is Joey's new medication not the best thing for him?

5. Who helps get Joey's medication changed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joey do for his mother as her own medication?

2. What does Joey do when he is put in the hall after being rude to his teacher?

3. Why does Joey think his medication does not work?

4. What does Ms. Maxy tell Joey the problem with his plans is?

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

6. What does Joey do when he gets bored with the Big Quiet Chair?

7. What did Joey's mother do when her husband left?

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

9. What does Joey sense from the mothers in the Special Education room?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What inspired Joey to make the world a better place, and why was this such an ironic part of this plot?

Essay Topic 2

What does Joey learn from Ed, and how do these pieces of advice change his efforts to overcome his condition?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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