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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ned feel after visiting Jenny in the nursing home?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Upset and hysterical.
(c) Only slightly better.
(d) Incredibly better.

2. When Ned shows his new bike to Wussy, what does Wussy tell him?
(a) Sam is in Alaska.
(b) Ned should leave school.
(c) Sam is in town.
(d) Jenny needs help.

3. After the kidnapping, what happens to Jenny?
(a) She sleeps all day.
(b) She suffers from panic attacks.
(c) She begins dating a mean man.
(d) She begins to drink heavily.

4. Where does Ned like to eat dinner the least?
(a) Catherin's.
(b) The Mohawk Grill.
(c) The Elms.
(d) Eileen's.

5. What was Ned doing when Sam kidnapped him?
(a) Playing in the park.
(b) Walking from his Aunt Rose's house.
(c) Catching a ball with friends.
(d) Eating at the ice cream parlor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sam delay the divorce?

2. When Sam punches F. William Peterson at The Elms, why does Ned begin to cry?

3. What kind of friends are Ned and Claude Schwartz Jr.?

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

5. When Ned is twelve years old, what does he enjoy doing in Myrtle Park?

(see the answer key)

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