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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jamie's teacher say she is worried about him?
(a) He has no social skills.
(b) He is missing too much school.
(c) People have seen Patty hit him.
(d) He is always crying in class.

2. Who visits the trailer on Monday?
(a) Mrs. Desrochers.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Van.
(d) Miss jacson.

3. What does Patty dust herself down like when she gets up after ducking behind the snowcone stand?
(a) As if someone spilt something on her.
(b) As if she has a pain in her stomach.
(c) As if she fell.
(d) As if she is geting crumbs out of her clothes.

4. What does Patty carry Jamie back to the trailer like?
(a) A wounded animal.
(b) A Hollywood actress.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A baby.

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

6. What has Earl bought Jamie for Christmas?
(a) A pair of skates.
(b) A skate board.
(c) A computer.
(d) A teddy bear.

7. How does Jamie find he can change direction when skating?
(a) By turning his body in the right direction.
(b) By thinking which direction he wants to go in.
(c) By jumping in the direstion he wants to go in.
(d) By leaning in the direction he wants to go in.

8. What does Jamie think the car feels like on the way back home?
(a) Big and fearful.
(b) Fun and playful.
(c) Dark and cavernous.
(d) Small and claustrophobic.

9. What does Patty try to break the ice with?
(a) A chisel.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A screwdriver.
(d) A knife.

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

11. What hits the area two days before Christmas?
(a) A hurricaine.
(b) A torpedo.
(c) A snowstorm.
(d) An icestorm.

12. What does Patty ask Jamie to do while she talks to Mrs. Desrochers?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Look after Nin.
(c) Watch TV.
(d) Perform magic tricks.

13. What makes Jamie's teeth clatter while skating on the pond?
(a) The wind.
(b) Bumpy patches.
(c) Earl's bad jokes.
(d) The cold.

14. What does Patty yell at Jamie for doing?
(a) Dropping his coffee.
(b) Kicking her.
(c) Wasting his money.
(d) Staring at her.

15. What does Patty get out of the cabinet when she gets home?
(a) A bottle of whiskey.
(b) A pack of cigarettes.
(c) A photo album.
(d) A pack of cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Earl and Jamie go skating?

2. Where has Patty planned a shopping visit to?

3. What does Jamie think his mother sounds like when she apologizes to him?

4. What does Mrs. Desrochers suggest Jamie give his mother for Christmas?

5. How does Jamie stop Van from going into the bedroom?

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