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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 driver to Joey's new school call him?

2. What kind of school is Maria transferred to?

3. How does Mr. Preston feel about Joey's mother not coming to the appointment?

4. What does Joey plan to make with his new slogan?

5. What does the nutritionist say Joey needs more of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Joey's first request at his new school, and what is Ed's response to this?

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

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

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

What were the consequences of Fran's actions, and how did she feel about them by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Abandonment and Neglect was a major theme in this book. What are some of the main examples of this theme, and how did it affect the course of the plot.

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