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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 does the nutritionist say Joey needs more of?

2. What is Joey's mother's name?

3. What habit does Joey want his mother to stop?

4. What is Mrs. Cole's occupation?

5. What does the driver to Joey's new school call him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. What secret does Joey share with the school nurse?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Joey attends two different schools in this book. Please use citations from the text to compare these two schools, their methods, and their effects on Joey.

Essay Topic 3

What happened when Joey went to apologize to Maria, and why was this so surprising to Joey? How did this change his outlook on life and his condition?

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