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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alzheimer's?
(a) A disease that attacks people in third world countries.
(b) A disease that makes a person incapable of walking.
(c) A type of dance.
(d) A disease that destroys a person's memory.

2. What question did Jake's dad ask his mom at dinner on their one-year anniversary?
(a) He asked if he could date her roommate.
(b) He asked her what kind of house they should buy.
(c) He asked her if she wanted children.
(d) He asked her if she wanted to marry him.

3. What caused Jake's mom to get fired?
(a) She turned a pie plate over on a customer's head.
(b) She mouthed off to her boss.
(c) She stole money.
(d) She was late too many times.

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

5. How does the old man react to the boys at first?
(a) He makes a big show out of ignoring them.
(b) He swears at them.
(c) He invites them to join him.
(d) He has no reaction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the man do when he realizes the boys are talking to him?

3. How does the man show that he did hear them?

4. What is the man doing in the dumpster?

5. Jake's theory is that people grow to look like ____________.

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