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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 Patty tell Jamie to do?
(a) Walk towards the school with Nin.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Wait in the car.
(d) Run towards the woods.

2. What does Jamie think the car feels like on the way back home?
(a) Big and fearful.
(b) Fun and playful.
(c) Dark and cavernous.
(d) Small and claustrophobic.

3. What has Earl bought Jamie for Christmas?
(a) A skate board.
(b) A pair of skates.
(c) A teddy bear.
(d) A computer.

4. What is Patty's job at the grocer's?
(a) A baker.
(b) A porter.
(c) A bagger.
(d) A butcher.

5. What does Patty say her family has hit a spell of recently?
(a) Bad karma.
(b) Black magic.
(c) Stormy weather.
(d) Bad weather.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Van say he will wait for Patty?

3. What is Jamie's impulse to feel when he first skates on the pond?

4. Why can't Patty start her car?

5. What does Jamie try to talk to his mother about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Jamie's success at the carnival effect his mood?

7. What does Jamie feel about ice skating?

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

9. What problems does Patty have at the beginning of Chapter 9?

10. How do Jamie and Patty spend the week?

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