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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) Cooks dinner.
(b) Gets Nin from Agnes' house.
(c) Puts Nin to bed.
(d) Drives home.

2. Who does Patty say is long gone?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Nin's father.
(c) Jamie's father.
(d) Her parents.

3. Why does Patty send Jamie outside of the trailer?
(a) She wants to talk about Van.
(b) She wants to cry.
(c) He is eavesdropping.
(d) She wants to hurt him.

4. How does Jamie find he can change direction when skating?
(a) By jumping in the direstion he wants to go in.
(b) By leaning in the direction he wants to go in.
(c) By turning his body in the right direction.
(d) By thinking which direction he wants to go in.

5. Why does Jamie feel sorry for Agnes in Chapter 5?
(a) She is getting old.
(b) She has a son like Van.
(c) She has bad skin.
(d) She is very poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Patty start her car?

2. What does Jamie think his mother needs for Christmas?

3. What does Patty dust herself down like when she gets up after ducking behind the snowcone stand?

4. When does Mrs. Desrochers say she can watch Jamie?

5. Why does Jamie kick Nin's drawer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jamie hide himself and Nin from Van?

2. How does Earl help Patty in Chapter 9?

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

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

5. How does Jamie react when his mother disappears down the road?

6. How does Patty react when she sees Van's truck?

7. Why doesn't Patty want to talk on the way back home with Jamie?

8. How does Patty react to Jamie breaking the car handle?

9. What does Jamie fantasize in Chapter 7?

10. What does Jamie remember about the waiter?

(see the answer keys)

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