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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Patty's job at the grocer's?
(a) A butcher.
(b) A bagger.
(c) A porter.
(d) A baker.

2. When does Patty say she will catch up with Jamie?
(a) After she has called the police.
(b) After she has talked to Van.
(c) After she has drank her coffee.
(d) After she has had a good cry.

3. What does Jamie compare learning to skate to?
(a) Learning to cook.
(b) Learning to drive.
(c) Learning to walk.
(d) Learning to ride a bike.

4. What does Jamie think his mother needs for Christmas?
(a) A car and a bed.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A pair of slippers.
(d) A computer.

5. How does Jamie offer to help his mother in this section?
(a) He offers to do one of his magic tricks.
(b) He offers to look under the hood.
(c) He offer to push the car.
(d) He offers to phone Earl.

6. Who does Patty compare Jamie to in this section?
(a) Van.
(b) Earl.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Nin.

7. What does Jamie do in the bathroom?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He takes a shower.
(c) He cries.
(d) He vomits.

8. Where does Patty go to phone in sick?
(a) The butchers.
(b) The grocer's.
(c) Earl's house.
(d) The package store.

9. How does Patty react when she sees Van's truck?
(a) She runs for the trailer.
(b) She smashes Van's truck.
(c) She turns around and drives away.
(d) She begins screaming for help.

10. What is Jamie's impulse to feel when he first skates on the pond?
(a) Excited.
(b) Scared.
(c) Tearful.
(d) Faint.

11. How does Patty react when she can't start the car?
(a) She faints.
(b) She cries.
(c) She shouts at Jamie.
(d) She lauhs hysterically.

12. How does Jamie stop Van from going into the bedroom?
(a) He steps into the hall.
(b) He grabs a knife.
(c) He locks the door.
(d) He loads his gun.

13. What does Patty tell Jamie to do?
(a) Wait in the car.
(b) Run towards the woods.
(c) Walk towards the school with Nin.
(d) Call the police.

14. When does Mrs. Desrochers say she can watch Jamie?
(a) Tuesday afternoons.
(b) Friday mornings.
(c) Sunday mornings.
(d) Saturday afternoons.

15. What does Jamie's mother do instead of leaving him by the side of the road?
(a) Tells him a cautionary tale.
(b) Takes him back to the restaurant.
(c) Takes him to his father's.
(d) Buys him candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jamie like to entertain his sister?

2. What does Jamie do when he sees his mother's car disappear out of sight?

3. What does Jamie think his mother is sending him back into by sending him back to school?

4. Why can't Patty start her car?

5. What does Jamie do to his mother when she gets him safely back to the trailer?

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