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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 think his mother sounds like when she apologizes to him?
(a) The real Patty.
(b) The mean Patty.
(c) An angel.
(d) A monster.

2. What is Patty's opinion of Mrs. Desrochers?
(a) She is a good person.
(b) She is a nasty person.
(c) She is a strange person.
(d) She is a busybody.

3. Why does Van leave the trailer?
(a) Nin begins crying.
(b) Patty tells him to go.
(c) He has an appointment.
(d) He senses Jamie's unease.

4. What does Patty warn Jamie she would do if he didn't settle down?
(a) Smack him.
(b) Leave him by the side of the road.
(c) Drown him in the lake.
(d) Take away his magic book.

5. Whose truck does Jamie see coming up the road?
(a) Patty's.
(b) Earl's.
(c) Peter's.
(d) Van's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamie do in the bathroom?

2. Who does Patty say is long gone?

3. What does Patty ask Jamie to do while she talks to Mrs. Desrochers?

4. What does Patty say her family has hit a spell of recently?

5. What are clinging to Earl's beard and mustache?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the argument between Patty and Jamie in this section?

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

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

6. Summarize the novel.

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

8. How does the novel end?

9. How does Patty act on the drive home?

10. Why does Jamie step into the hallway in this chapter?

(see the answer keys)

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