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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In February at the Mohawk Grill, what does Sam try to talk Untemeyer into?
(a) Competing in a pool game.
(b) Making a bet on the weather in Phoenix.
(c) Keeping his paperwork safe.
(d) Hiding him in the basement.

2. What does Sam tell Ned about Claude?
(a) Claude was in a motorcycle wreck.
(b) Claude moved away.
(c) Claude died.
(d) Claude tried to hang himself.

3. When does Ned visit his mother?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Never.
(c) Every day after school.
(d) Sundays.

4. When Sam kidnapped Ned, who went with them?
(a) Father Michaels.
(b) Wussy.
(c) McKinley.
(d) Jenny.

5. During the kidnapping of Ned, what did Ned lose?
(a) A jackknife.
(b) A necklace.
(c) Candy.
(d) Money.

6. The day after Ned moves in with Sam, where does he go?
(a) The Elms.
(b) Jenny's house.
(c) His new school.
(d) Myrtle Park.

7. After Sam realizes he is not the parent young Ned needs, what does Ned want?
(a) To have his parents together again.
(b) To move in with his father even more.
(c) To never see his father again.
(d) To continue seeing his father.

8. What is the purpose of "Money People"?
(a) To abuse rich people.
(b) To steal money.
(c) To work for money.
(d) To identify rich people.

9. Where does Jack Ward live?
(a) With Sam.
(b) Klein's department store.
(c) In the house next to Jenny.
(d) The white jewel house.

10. When do Jenny and Sam separate?
(a) Ned's first birthday.
(b) The day Ned is born.
(c) When Ned is in first grade.
(d) Shortly before Ned is born.

11. After finding someone at his kitchen table, where does Ned go with Jenny?
(a) School.
(b) The police station.
(c) Church.
(d) The park.

12. After Skinny relays a message to Ned, how does Ned wake the following morning?
(a) Reluctant and scared.
(b) Terrified but eager.
(c) Excited and runs downstairs.
(d) Tired and grumpy.

13. In 1959, why does Ned say Jenny has stopped leaving the house?
(a) Because she cannot find a job.
(b) Because the town people are too mean to her.
(c) Because Father Michaels walked out the back door of the church.
(d) Because Sam never comes around anymore.

14. What was Ned sure about at his mother's house, but unsure about at his father's house?
(a) Television.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Rules.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During Ned's first full day of living with Sam, whom does he meet?

2. After Skinny relays a message to Ned, how does Jenny begin to act?

3. Who are Ned's favorite singers to play on the jukebox at the Mohawk Grill?

4. After his conversation with Wussy, what does Ned do in the park?

5. Who joins Ned and Sam after they visit The Elms after the trip to the nursing home?

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