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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bothered Skelly the most about James and Jake?
(a) They were too into their looks.
(b) All they talked about was cars and girls.
(c) They were always goofing around and never got work done.
(d) They were always fighting.

2. What was surprising about Mrs. Russell?
(a) She had a knack for saying the right things at the right time.
(b) She and Skelly had grown up together on the same street.
(c) She had a great voice.
(d) She was very young.

3. What was used to remind Skelly of things?
(a) Stories.
(b) Phone calls.
(c) Post-it notes.
(d) Counseling sessions.

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

5. What did Skelly teach Jake to do at a very young age?
(a) Use his manners.
(b) Read.
(c) Paint and sand.
(d) Add and subtract.

6. What did Skelly become obsessed with after his accident?
(a) His wrists.
(b) Driving safely.
(c) His diet.
(d) Television.

7. How did the custodian know whom to call when he found Skelly in the dumpster?
(a) Skelly was wearing a Medic Alert ID necklace.
(b) Jake told him.
(c) He guessed.
(d) He recognized Skelly.

8. What happened when Skelly went to the Little League games?
(a) He cheered too loudly.
(b) He wandered across the field.
(c) He kept trying to play, too.
(d) He started crying because he didn't understand where he was.

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

10. How did Jake's mother respond to the father's question?
(a) She cried with happiness.
(b) She started dreaming about baby names.
(c) She started house-hunting.
(d) She packed up and left for Connecticut.

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

12. Who was the third boy?
(a) The class proctor.
(b) The man's grandson.
(c) The nurse's boy.
(d) The teacher's boy.

13. How do the boys feel when they think the man is deaf?
(a) They taunt him even more.
(b) They don't think teasing him is funny anymore.
(c) They feel badly about ignoring him.
(d) They start to get mean.

14. How did Jake feel about coming home from school to be with Skelly?
(a) He wished his friends would join him.
(b) He started resenting it.
(c) He loved doing it because he loved Skelly.
(d) He felt as if it was his duty.

15. What happened when Skelly believed in you?
(a) You wanted to tell others that he thought you were special.
(b) You wanted to believe in yourself.
(c) You wanted to run away.
(d) You were scared to look him in the eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Skelly getting confused about at the dinner table?

2. What question did Jake's dad ask his mom at dinner on their one-year anniversary?

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

4. Who gives Jake his name?

5. What did Skelly do when Jake couldn't do a pull-up?

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