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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sam punches F. William Peterson at The Elms, why does Ned begin to cry?
(a) Ned likes F. William Peterson.
(b) Ned believes Jenny is dead.
(c) Ned knows his father will return to jail.
(d) Ned hates his father fighting.

2. While living with Sam, Ned gets his first job. What is it?
(a) Sweeping Klein's Department Store.
(b) Cleaning Rose's Beauty Salon.
(c) Cleaning his father's apartment.
(d) Picking up golf balls.

3. What lie does Ned tell his peers at school concerning his father?
(a) That his father is dead.
(b) That his father travels the country.
(c) That his father is wealthy.
(d) That is father is remarried and living in California.

4. After Sam realizes he is not the parent young Ned needs, how are Jenny and Ned?
(a) They are both depressed.
(b) They are both happy.
(c) They are hopeful.
(d) They are disappointed.

5. What does Ned tell Sam about Rose's business?
(a) It is going under.
(b) It is a front for illegal activities.
(c) The owner's name is not Rose.
(d) It is a thriving business.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sam delay the divorce?

2. Where does Ned regularly visit that his mother once told him never to enter?

3. What is the setting of the novel's first chapter?

4. After Skinny relays a message to Ned, what does Ned hear in the middle of the night?

5. By the fifth grade, what role does Ned take at church?

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