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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 happens as Ned moves in with Sam?
(a) Sam leaves the apartment.
(b) Ned meets a girl.
(c) A box of Ned's clothes is stolen.
(d) Ned wrecks Sam's car.

2. Who invited Father Michaels over to Ned's house for dinner?
(a) Sam.
(b) Ned.
(c) Father Michaels.
(d) Jenny.

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

4. When Sam returned Ned after the kidnapping, how did Sam leave?
(a) Sam never left again.
(b) Sam left with the police.
(c) With tears and pleading.
(d) With bulletholes in his car.

5. When Ned moves in with Sam, what is he very unsure about?
(a) Allowance.
(b) Meal time.
(c) His school.
(d) His routine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ned doing when Sam kidnapped him?

2. Where does Jack Ward live?

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

4. Who talks Drew away from his motorcycle after his wreck?

5. What kind gesture does Sam make immediately after Ned moves in?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of his stay with Sam, why is Ned uncomfortable?

2. What fills a large portion of Ned's summer break?

3. Why does Jack Ward claim that he now has so much money that he does not know how to spend it?

4. How does Ned react when Sam enters his life at age six?

5. What role does Mrs. Ambrosino play at the church?

6. What kind of gesture is Sam making by leaving Ned a bag of clothes?

7. Why does Ned become an entrepreneur?

8. What does Ned's eating situation say about his life with Sam?

9. What internal conflict begins with Ned concerning his father?

10. Why does Ned decide not to believe anyone who says his father has left town?

(see the answer keys)

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