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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aunt Marguerite do with Skelly after dinner?
(a) Watches a movie with him.
(b) Reads a story to him.
(c) Watches television with him.
(d) She takes him for a walk.

2. Who came to dinner on Sundays?
(a) The priest.
(b) Aunt Marguerite and James.
(c) The school custodian.
(d) Mrs. Russell.

3. What did Jake have to do before school?
(a) His book report.
(b) Get Skelly up and ready.
(c) Make his lunch.
(d) Call his friend for a ride.

4. What woke Jake up Saturday morning?
(a) Someone kept pressing the door buzzer.
(b) His mom was screaming and crying.
(c) Skelly came into his room.
(d) The smell of bacon.

5. What did the cab driver look like?
(a) He was a slight man with a scruffy appearance.
(b) He was muscular and had a tattoo.
(c) He was very put-together.
(d) He looked like a Wall Street worker.

6. What was Jake thinking about Skelly at eight at night?
(a) He wondered if Skelly knew how to get home.
(b) He wondered if Skelly had a cozy bed.
(c) He wondered if Skelly had food.
(d) He was wondering who would remind Skelly to go to the bathroom.

7. What was the cop car like?
(a) It was brand new.
(b) It smelled like BO and cigarrettes.
(c) It was falling apart.
(d) Very clean

8. What had someone given Skelly as he was wandering?
(a) A plastic bottle of water.
(b) A religious tract.
(c) A black eye.
(d) Some money.

9. What did Jake do to Skelly at the dinner table?
(a) He cleaned Skelly's face.
(b) He helped him remember things.
(c) He told him that Skelly didn't know anything.
(d) He served his food for him.

10. What name does the newscaster say Skelly answer to?
(a) Skelly.
(b) Claude.
(c) Sherman Kelly.
(d) Old man.

11. What was the cop's attitude?
(a) He was care-free and easy-going.
(b) He thought carefully about every move he made.
(c) He was ready to hunt Skelly down.
(d) He was acting tired.

12. What happened when Jake didn't do his report on time?
(a) The teacher gave him an extension.
(b) He was given a detention.
(c) He started crying.
(d) His average plummeted.

13. Why does Jake think Mr. Waxman is suspicious?
(a) The man always dresses in black.
(b) He has never seen the man.
(c) The man won't look anyone in the eye.
(d) He never fully opens his door.

14. What did the cab driver notice about Skelly when he first saw him?
(a) He had nice shoes and a nice haircut.
(b) He looked like a homeless person right down to his dirty clothes.
(c) He was very eloquent.
(d) He was good at collecting things.

15. What did Jake tell Mrs. Russell the night Skelly disappeared?
(a) He told her that Skelly loved her.
(b) He told her she was the best caretaker ever.
(c) He told her she needed to leave.
(d) He told her that she was fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Jake was about to give his book report?

2. What was Jake worried about after his dream?

3. What was strapped on top of the vehicle?

4. How does Mrs. Russell treat Skelly?

5. What happened to Skelly?

(see the answer keys)

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