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

2. In Ned and Sam's routine, what doe Sam and Ned typically have for dinner?
(a) Leftovers.
(b) Frozen meals.
(c) Hamburg steak dinners at the Mohawk Grill.
(d) A catered meal.

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

4. When Ned is twelve years old, what does he enjoy doing in Myrtle Park?
(a) Stealing lunches.
(b) Riding his bike.
(c) Playing chess.
(d) Talking to girls.

5. What is the setting of the novel's first chapter?
(a) Present day America.
(b) The end of World War II.
(c) The end of the Vietnam War.
(d) The start of World War II.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who once held Ned's job?

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

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

5. After the kidnapping, what happens to Jenny?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sam infuriate Jenny?

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

4. Why is Claude Schwartz, Jr. friends with Ned?

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

6. How does Ned react to church?

7. How is it symbolic that Ned gets an education at the Mohawk Grill?

8. How has Sam and Jenny's relationship changed over time?

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

10. What bothers Ned about Jack Ward?

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