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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jake react a year before when Skelly kept asking him what the Cheerios were?

2. What did Jake have to do before school?

3. What was the cop's attitude?

4. How did Jake feel about his eighth grade graduation?

5. What was Jake thinking about Skelly at eight at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jake spend the day when the police were looking in the park?

2. What were the police doing in the park as part of their search for Skelly?

3. How did Jake treat Mrs. Russell?

4. How did Jake feel about sleeping while Skelly was missing?

5. How did Jake feel about Sunday night dinner? What was unique about it?

6. How did Jake reacted to the news of his grandfather's disappearance?

7. Why where the family members celebrating when the policeman came back from exploring the park, and why was it somewhat odd?

8. Where had Aunt Marguerite been?

9. What was happening when Jake came home from looking for Skelly?

10. How did Jake feel about graduation three weeks before it happened?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Skelly's character in great detail as he was before Alzheimer's hit him.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jake see the stages of Alzheimer's? Describe Skelly's progression through the stages, backing up each stage with specifics from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the term "flashback." Describe how the author used a flashback to introduce the reader to Skelly and Jake.

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