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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. Why does Sam take Ned to the nursing home to visit Jenny?
(a) To satisfy F. William Peterson.
(b) To pay Jenny's hospital bill.
(c) To make Jenny feel better.
(d) To prove she is alive.

2. During Father Michaels' troubled Mass, what does Ned do?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Leaves church.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Attemps to help him.

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

4. What does Sam's apartment look like?
(a) Small and cramped.
(b) Large, but cluttered.
(c) Huge with little furniture.
(d) Dirty and old.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sam kidnapped Ned, how long did Ned stay with Sam?

2. On one of Ned and Drew's motorcycle rides, what sign does Ned see in front of his mother's house?

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

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

5. What is the result of Drew and Sam's arm wrestling match?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sam kidnap Ned?

2. Why would Sam leave Ned in the basement?

3. How is attending church like drinking for Jenny?

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

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

6. Why does Ned think that Jenny is dead?

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

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

9. How does Ned feel about Jenny and Father Michaels' intimate relationship?

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

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