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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. How does Jamie's success at the hoop game make him feel?
(a) Extravagantly excited.
(b) Big headed.
(c) Madly in love.
(d) Wildly generous.

2. Where will Patty sleep in the trailer?
(a) On the mattress in the back room.
(b) On the reclining chair.
(c) On the sofa.
(d) On the mattress in the hallway.

3. What wakes Jamie up when they get to Earl's?
(a) Earl's screams.
(b) Nin's crying.
(c) A mobile phone.
(d) The crunching of gravel.

4. Why did Jamie and his family leave their home?
(a) Van tried to throw his sister across the room.
(b) Jamie's mother found a better job.
(c) His mother's boyfriend was stalking them.
(d) Jamie was accused of something he didn't do.

5. What does part of Jamie never want to stop doing?
(a) Eating.
(b) Crying.
(c) Reading.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Earl's trailer remind Jamie of?

2. What word does the author use to describe Earl's bathroom?

3. What kind of air does the author say encases them as they walk outside?

4. What is Nin clouded by in this section?

5. What kind of animal does Jamie hope they can sit like in the trailer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Patty and Jamie talk about when Earl goes to work?

2. Describe the trailer and its area?

3. How does Patty react to what Van does?

4. How does Earl calm Jamie down at the end of this section?

5. How does Earl help Jamie forget his situation at the beginning of this section?

6. How did Jamie get his magic book?

7. How does Patty reassure Jamie?

8. How does Van react to what he has done?

9. What does Jamie fantasize about Earl?

10. Summarize Chapter 4.

(see the answer keys)

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