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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 say Patty does in record time?
(a) Puts Nin to bed.
(b) Drives home.
(c) Cooks dinner.
(d) Gets Nin from Agnes' house.

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

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

4. How does Patty help Jamie in this section?
(a) She puts a cool towel against his head.
(b) She reads him a story.
(c) She sings him a lullaby.
(d) She massages his feet.

5. What does Jamie do every Tuesday afternoon?
(a) He stays with Mrs. Desrochers.
(b) He goes to biible classes.
(c) He goes out running.
(d) He visits his father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Patty stop asking Jamie after Wednesday?

3. What does Jamie want for Christmas?

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

5. Why does Jamie kick Nin's drawer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Van leave?

2. How does Patty calm Jamie down?

3. Why is Mrs. Desrochers so concerned about Jamie?

4. What does Jamie feel about ice skating?

5. In what is it a good thing that Patty and Jamie confronted each other in chapter six?

6. How do Jamie and Patty spend Saturday?

7. Summarize the novel.

8. How does Patty act on the drive home?

9. How does Jamie show his anger in Chapter 7?

10. How does Mrs. Desrochers help Jamie with a Christmas present?

(see the answer keys)

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