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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Skelly discover in the emergency room?
(a) He had broken both wrists.
(b) He had broken his back.
(c) He was fine.
(d) He had Alzheimer's.

2. What happened when Thorbert brought the picture to Skelly?
(a) Skelly didn't remember him.
(b) Skelly started crying.
(c) Skelly refused to talk with Thorbert.
(d) Skelly got angry at him.

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

4. What did mom struggle to do?
(a) Keep life as normal as possible for Jake.
(b) Balance three jobs.
(c) Give Jake a great social life.
(d) Get her sister to help.

5. How did Jake know his grandfather was getting worse?
(a) He was increasingly forgetful.
(b) The doctor told him.
(c) He didn't even notice when he messed up a story.
(d) His mother told him.

6. What happened when Skelly lifted Aunt Marguerite's table?
(a) He broke his back.
(b) He forgot what he was doing and brought it back to the car.
(c) He laughed at how light it was.
(d) He fell down the stairs.

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

8. What gift did Skelly give Jake after he was digging in the garden?
(a) His trowel.
(b) A favorite Matchbox race car of his.
(c) A smile.
(d) A big hug.

9. How did the third boy feel about his reaction to the old man.
(a) He was proud of his self-control.
(b) He felt ashamed.
(c) He wished he could run up to the man and embrace him, but knew the man would reject him.
(d) He wished he was a bit wittier.

10. What does the man do when he realizes the boys are talking to him?
(a) He lowers himself into the dumpster.
(b) He tells them to go get help.
(c) He gets out to converse with them.
(d) He turns around and ignores them.

11. 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.

12. What did Jake and Skelly do after dinner every night?
(a) Pull-up practice.
(b) Washed dishes.
(c) Planned the next day.
(d) Homework.

13. 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 hated Skelly.
(c) He felt depressed about his life with Skelly.
(d) He was happy Skelly recognized him.

14. What did Skelly begin to call Jake?
(a) Son.
(b) Claude Harper.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Aaron.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jake's father take his mother for their anniversary dinner?

2. Why did Jake's mom feel guilty when Skelly was in the dumpster?

3. What happened when Skelly went to the Little League games?

4. What did Skelly become obsessed with after his accident?

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

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