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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Skelly do when Jake couldn't do a pull-up?
(a) He forced the boy to keep trying until he got it.
(b) He took him to a tree and helped him until he could do it.
(c) He told Jake to give up.
(d) He laughed.

2. How did Jake try to absolve himself of his guilt over ignoring Skelly in the Dumpster?
(a) He told Skelly he was sorry.
(b) He went to a priest and confessed.
(c) He confessed what happened to his mother.
(d) He went to breakfast at the House of Pancakes with his mom and Skelly.

3. What do the boys realize about the man?
(a) He is afraid.
(b) There is something wrong with him.
(c) He is a convict.
(d) He has a disease.

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

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

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

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

8. What is Jake's middle name?
(a) Skelly.
(b) Kelly.
(c) He doesn't have one.
(d) Sherman.

9. How did Jake get along with his cousin James?
(a) They were like brothers.
(b) They hated each other.
(c) They tolerated each other.
(d) Jake considered James his hero.

10. What do two of the three boys do when they see the man in the dumpster?
(a) Help the man.
(b) Taunt him.
(c) Turn away in embarrassment.
(d) Remain quiet.

11. Whom did Jake see when he got out of the bathroom with Skelly?
(a) Lucas.
(b) Mrs. Russell.
(c) Two cheerleaders.
(d) Aaron.

12. Skelly decided Jake was ____________.
(a) His son.
(b) An enemy.
(c) A delivery boy.
(d) His old best friend Claude Harper.

13. What happened when Lucas slept over in fifth grade?
(a) Skelly ran away.
(b) Skelly told him to go home.
(c) Skelly told him to zipper his brisket.
(d) Skelly started swearing at Lucas.

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

15. What does Jake do when Skelly starts inquiring about his mother?
(a) He asks Skelly what his mother looks like?
(b) He tells Skelly to be quiet.
(c) He puts his arm around Skelly and says Skelly would just stay with him.
(d) He walks away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did mom struggle to do?

2. Who found Jake by the dumpster?

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

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

5. What does one of the three boys do when they see the man in the dumpster?

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