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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. Who does Van call for when he gets to the trailer?

2. How does Jamie stop Van from going into the bedroom?

3. What does Jamie's mother do instead of leaving him by the side of the road?

4. What does Jamie think his mother sounds like when she apologizes to him?

5. Which of the following people don't survive the bomb?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jamie and Patty spend the week?

2. How do Jamie and Patty spend Saturday?

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

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

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

6. Why does Van leave?

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

8. What does Jamie remember about the waiter?

9. In what is it a good thing that Patty and Jamie confronted each other in chapter six?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

How does Jamie's obsession with magic help him forget about his problems? How does Patty use Jamie's love of magic to control him?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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