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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 mom struggle to do?
(a) Give Jake a great social life.
(b) Balance three jobs.
(c) Keep life as normal as possible for Jake.
(d) Get her sister to help.

2. 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 took out a cooking glove.
(c) He ran outside without waiting for Jake.
(d) He swore.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Jake woke Skelly up for dinner four months after the accident?

2. What did Jake begin to do when his friends called?

3. Where did Jake's father take his mother for their anniversary dinner?

4. Who was the third boy?

5. What wasn't Skelly wearing when he walked in while Aaron and Jake were watching films?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jake's mom tries to give him a "normal" life?

2. What did Jake plan to do when Aaron slept over?

3. What disease did Skelly get, and how did it affect him?

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

5. Who taught Jake about working with wood, and what did he learn?

6. What did Jake think about his name?

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

8. By the time Jake was in sixth grade, how did he feel about his "laying low" strategy, and what did he do about it?

9. What happened when Jake decided that he wanted to take some lessons?

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

(see the answer keys)

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