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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What terrifies Jamie more than Van?
(a) The police sirens.
(b) Patty's terrified face.
(c) Nin's screaming.
(d) The farm animals.

2. What does Jamie do to his mother when she gets him safely back to the trailer?
(a) Spits at her.
(b) Bites her.
(c) Kicks her.
(d) Scratches her.

3. What does Earl use to unseal the trailer door?
(a) A propane torch.
(b) A chisel.
(c) A hairdryer.
(d) A paint stripper.

4. Where does Jamie hide?
(a) Under the trailer.
(b) In the fridge.
(c) In the cupboard.
(d) Under the bed.

5. What does Jamie break in the car on the way back home from the restaurant?
(a) The car window.
(b) The car tape deck.
(c) The car radio.
(d) The car door handle.

6. Why does Earl say he has come to the trailer?
(a) He wants to get his toolbox.
(b) He wants to take the family out for breakfast.
(c) He wants to talk with Patty.
(d) He has come to give Jamie his present.

7. What did a waiter once show Jamie how to do?
(a) How to pull money from a hat.
(b) How to pull a rabbit from a hat.
(c) How to make a rabbit from a napkin.
(d) How to make a coin disappear.

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

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

10. What is Patty's opinion of Mrs. Desrochers?
(a) She is a nasty person.
(b) She is a busybody.
(c) She is a good person.
(d) She is a strange person.

11. What does Mrs. Desrochers suggest Jamie give his mother for Christmas?
(a) A fish.
(b) A CD.
(c) A cactus.
(d) A pair of slippers.

12. Where is the first thing Patty wants to know when she enters the trailer?
(a) If Jamie is okay.
(b) If Van has a gun.
(c) Where Nin is.
(d) Why Van is there.

13. Why does Jamie feel sorry for Van?
(a) He has no money.
(b) He is going to jail.
(c) He is about to cry.
(d) No one wants him.

14. What are clinging to Earl's beard and mustache?
(a) Crumbs.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Drops of milk.
(d) Ice crystals.

15. How does Jamie like to entertain his sister?
(a) With funny noises.
(b) With funny faces.
(c) With loud burps.
(d) With magic tricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jamie offer to help his mother in this section?

2. How does Mrs. Desrochers make Jamie jump?

3. How does Jamie make Nin cry?

4. What makes Jamie's teeth clatter while skating on the pond?

5. What problems does the ice cause Patty?

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