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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Patty stop asking Jamie after Wednesday?
(a) If he likes living in the trailer.
(b) If he is bored of her.
(c) If he misses Van.
(d) If he is too sick to go to school.

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

5. Where has Patty planned a shopping visit to?
(a) Stark.
(b) Bourneville.
(c) Littleton.
(d) Eoin.

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

7. What does Patty tell Earl she thought they might have to live in forever?
(a) This freezer.
(b) This coolbox.
(c) This ice cube.
(d) This silver toaster.

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

9. How does Jamie get Van to come into the apartment?
(a) Offers to show him a magic trick.
(b) Offers to make a coffee.
(c) Pulls out a gun.
(d) Tells him his favorite TV show is about to start.

10. What pointers does Earl give Jamie to help him skate?
(a) Relax and bend your knees.
(b) Move like you are running.
(c) Close your eyes and tense your muscles.
(d) Open your eyes and enjoy yourself.

11. Which of the following people sees Jamie and his mother duck behind the snowcone stand?
(a) Mrs. Desrochers.
(b) Mrs. Jackson.
(c) Miss. Benson.
(d) Mr. Dennis.

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

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

14. Why does Van leave the trailer?
(a) He senses Jamie's unease.
(b) Patty tells him to go.
(c) Nin begins crying.
(d) He has an appointment.

15. Where does Van say he will wait for Patty?
(a) In the trailer.
(b) Outside.
(c) At Earl's house.
(d) At the store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Van say he has come to the trailer?

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

3. What does Earl use to unseal the trailer door?

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

5. What is Jamie's impulse to feel when he first skates on the pond?

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