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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many stages did Alzheimer's have according to Jake?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Too many to count.

4. Where did Jake's father take his mother for their anniversary dinner?
(a) On a picnic.
(b) To an amusement park.
(c) Arby's
(d) A restaurant on the water.

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

6. Why did Jake's mom feel guilty when Skelly was in the dumpster?
(a) She felt like she should have warned him not to go there.
(b) She told him to got empty the trash.
(c) She feels like she neglect him.
(d) She had forgotten to lock the door to the house so he was free to wander.

7. How does the man show that he did hear them?
(a) He asks them what they mean.
(b) His head perks up.
(c) He tells them to mind their own business.
(d) He asks them to speak louder.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to Familiy Night dinner?

2. How did Jake feel when he was playing football?

3. How did Jake know his grandfather was getting worse?

4. What does Jake do when Skelly starts inquiring about his mother?

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

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