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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Alzheimer's?

3. What did Mrs. Russell call Jake?

4. How does the man show that he did hear them?

5. How many stages did Alzheimer's have according to Jake?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Skelly's nickname for Thorbert change him?

2. What does the shift from third person to first person at the end of the first chapter signify?

3. What happened when Jake stayed after school one day to play football?

4. How did Skelly react to James and Jake, and what was the result?

5. How did Jake react to the humiliation he felt after the sleepover?

6. Why was Jake living with his grandfather?

7. What happened at the dinner table on Valentine's Day that bothered Jake?

8. What happens when Jake's mom gets a work promotion?

9. How did the boys react when they saw the old man?

10. What injuries does Skelly have, and how does he react to them?

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