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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jake do to Skelly at the dinner table?
(a) He served his food for him.
(b) He told him that Skelly didn't know anything.
(c) He helped him remember things.
(d) He cleaned Skelly's face.

2. What did Jake do with the slip for the football league in seventh grade?
(a) He wadded it up and threw it out.
(b) He framed it.
(c) He took it home for Skelly to sign.
(d) He took it home for his mother to sign.

3. How did Jake feel about Skelly when Skelly came with his mom to pick him up from the football field?
(a) He hated Skelly.
(b) He felt depressed about his life with Skelly.
(c) He was happy Skelly recognized him.
(d) He felt pity.

4. What happened to Thorbert after Skelly gave him the nickname?
(a) He stopped crying in class, his hair grew thicker, and he started projecting his voice.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He decided to start behaving.
(d) He became the class outcast.

5. Jake looked in the Dumpster and figured out what had interested Skelly. What was it?
(a) A map.
(b) A ladder.
(c) Paint cans.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Lucas came over?

2. How do the boys feel when they think the man is deaf?

3. What happened when Skelly lifted Aunt Marguerite's table?

4. What is Alzheimer's?

5. What did Jake's teammates call his grandfather?

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