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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Jake get to be Valentine King?
(a) He was the first student to turn in a math assignment with no mistakes on Valentine's Day.
(b) He was the funniest student in the class.
(c) He was the best looking boy in the class.
(d) He was the most popular.

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

5. Jake's theory is that people grow to look like ____________.
(a) Their name.
(b) Their cousins.
(c) Their close friends.
(d) Their pets.

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

7. How did sixth grade start our for Jake?
(a) It started out as the best year of his life.
(b) It started out pretty good.
(c) He hated it.
(d) It was exactly the same as fifth grade.

8. How did Jake feel when he was playing football?
(a) He felt weak.
(b) He felt like the hero of the team.
(c) He knew he was a disaster on the field.
(d) He thought it felt really good.

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

10. What happened when Jake woke Skelly up for dinner four months after the accident?
(a) Skelly fell again.
(b) Skelly didn't know who he was.
(c) Skelly hit Jake.
(d) Skelly wouldn't wake up.

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

12. What did Jake's father think about his son?
(a) They are two peas in a pod.
(b) He is embarrassed to have his son around.
(c) He is very proud of him.
(d) He never knew he had a son.

13. How did Jake feel when his mother came to him after he played football?
(a) Exhilerated.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Mortified.

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

15. What did Skelly do that he had never done before when Jake asked him to play catch?
(a) He didn't respond at all.
(b) He swore.
(c) He ran outside without waiting for Jake.
(d) He took out a cooking glove.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was used to remind Skelly of things?

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

3. What did Mrs. Russell call Jake?

4. What instrument did Jake want to learn to play?

5. What caused Jake's mom to get fired?

(see the answer keys)

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