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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. Who lives in the white jewel house?
(a) Wealthy people.
(b) Animals.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Sam's new family.

2. Who once held Ned's job?
(a) Rose.
(b) Wussy.
(c) Claude.
(d) Sam.

3. In what condition did Sam return Ned to his mother after Sam kidnapped Ned?
(a) Ned misses his mother and is crying.
(b) Ned is covered in poison ivy.
(c) Ned is well rested and happy.
(d) Ned is starving and cold.

4. Where does Ned regularly visit that his mother once told him never to enter?
(a) The Elms.
(b) The white jewel house.
(c) The Mohawk Grill.
(d) The park by the school.

5. What place does the organization "Money People" visit most often?
(a) Rose's Beauty Salon.
(b) Sam's house.
(c) Jenny's house.
(d) The white jewel house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the town react to Sam and Jenny's confrontation concerning the kidnapping?

3. In 1959, what have Jenny and Ned stopped doing?

4. When Sam kidnapped Ned, who went with them?

5. After Sam realizes he is not the parent young Ned needs, how are Jenny and Ned?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ned dislike eating dinner at Eileen's house?

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

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

4. Why does Drew begin the organization, "Money People"?

5. Why does Ned think that Jenny is dead?

6. What does the author mean when he writes that "Ned now has about two dozen negligent fathers looking after him"?

7. What do Claude Schwartz, Jr.'s actions say about his personality?

8. What kind of parent does Sam Hall continue to show himself?

9. Why does Ned become an entrepreneur?

10. Why does Ned begin to live a double life?

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