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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. What does Jamie see sticking out from the top of his pillowcase?
(a) His cowboy hat.
(b) His baseball cap.
(c) His magic box.
(d) His tennis shoes.

2. What does Jamie feel he is inside of when he enters the trailer?
(a) A movie trailer.
(b) An airbase.
(c) A hollowed out bullet.
(d) A spaceship.

3. What does Jamie say he still pictures?
(a) Earl smiling down at him.
(b) Patty smoking a cigarette whilst holding Nin.
(c) Van throwing Nin across the room.
(d) Van standing by the crib hanging his head.

4. Where does Earl live?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Arizona.
(d) New Hampshire.

5. What does Jamie say is a funny squirrelly thing?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Homework.
(c) Love.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Patty say she knows Earl?

2. How does the author describe Van's posture after he throws Nin?

3. Why does Jamie think Earl is glad to be around Patty?

4. Why does Jamie think his mother left Van?

5. Why did Jamie and his family leave their home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jamie get scared in this section?

2. How does Patty scare Jamie in this section?

3. How does Patty react to what Van does?

4. How does Patty calm Jamie down at the beginning of the chapter?

5. What are the living arrangements in the trailer?

6. What is Jamie thinking as he waits for his mother in the car?

7. What does Jamie fantasize about Earl?

8. How does Patty reassure Jamie?

9. In what way is Earl the perfect person for Patty to have gone to for help?

10. Summarize Chapter 4.

(see the answer keys)

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