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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. Why does Jamie's teacher say she is worried about him?
(a) People have seen Patty hit him.
(b) He is always crying in class.
(c) He has no social skills.
(d) He is missing too much school.

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

3. What does Patty dust herself down like when she gets up after ducking behind the snowcone stand?
(a) As if she is geting crumbs out of her clothes.
(b) As if someone spilt something on her.
(c) As if she has a pain in her stomach.
(d) As if she fell.

4. Who visits the trailer on Monday?
(a) Mr. Smith.
(b) Van.
(c) Mrs. Desrochers.
(d) Miss jacson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamie do in the bathroom?

2. What does Jamie think the car feels like on the way back home?

3. What does Patty say they will be doing for the rest of their lives if they don't get over Van?

4. How does Patty react when she can't start the car?

5. How does Patty say they are currently living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jamie think of Van when he sees him again in the final chapter?

2. How does Mrs. Desrochers support Jamie and his mother?

3. How does Patty answer Jamie's question at the end of this section?

4. How does Mrs. Desrochers respond to Patty's defensiveness?

5. Why does Van leave?

6. How does Earl teach Jamie how to ice skate?

7. How does Earl help Patty in Chapter 9?

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

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

10. How does the novel end?

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