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

2. What did Skelly do with the flower seeds he was given to cheer him up?
(a) He started an indoor garden.
(b) He ate them.
(c) He fed them to the dog.
(d) He dumped them in the trash.

3. Skelly decided Jake was ____________.
(a) His old best friend Claude Harper.
(b) An enemy.
(c) His son.
(d) A delivery boy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jake's middle name?

2. What did mom struggle to do?

3. What did Aaron do after Skelly walked in on them while he and Jake were watching movies?

4. What did Jake and Skelly do after dinner every night?

5. How do the boys feel when they think the man is deaf?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Jake living with his grandfather?

2. What did the boys see in the dumpster on their way home from school?

3. How did Skelly embarrass Jake during the sleepover?

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

5. How does Skelly react when Jake tries to get him to play ball?

6. What happened when Jake had breakfast in the restaurant with Skelly and his mom?

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

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

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

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

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