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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of air does the author say encases them as they walk outside?

2. What does Jamie talk his mother out of doing?

3. What was Nin's crying the sound of in Jamie's dream?

4. What word does the author use to describe Earl's bathroom?

5. What is the name of Jamie's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Earl the perfect person for Patty to have gone to for help?

2. How does Earl react to seeing Patty and her children at his house?

3. Why does Jamie get scared in this section?

4. Describe the trailer and its area?

5. How does Earl calm Jamie down at the end of this section?

6. How does Earl help Jamie forget his situation at the beginning of this section?

7. What is Jamie's opinion of Van?

8. What does Jamie fantasize about Earl?

9. How does Patty react to what Van does?

10. Why does Jamie think it is okay if he doesn't go to school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mrs. Desrochers help Patty and her children? What does the way she deals with them say about her abilities as a teacher?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Jamie's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Jamie hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Jamie's ideas about life?

3. How has Jamie's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

How does Patty react to Van's violence? In what way does her reaction create more problems for her and her children? How could she have dealt with the problem better?

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