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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 is Ed's occupation?

2. What does Joey's mother tell Joey to do when he thinks of bad things?

3. How does Joey feel about boarding the bus to his new school alone?

4. Who does Maria's father blame for what happened to Joey?

5. How does Joey feel when he sneaks out of class while he has a substitute teacher?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What negative thing does Ed say about Joey's mother?

8. What does Ed tell Joey when they first meet?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joey's mother endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials, and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

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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