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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 does Jamie do to his mother when she gets him safely back to the trailer?

2. What does Patty carry Jamie back to the trailer like?

3. How does Jamie find he can change direction when skating?

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

5. Why does Jamie feel sorry for Van?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Patty act on the drive home?

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

3. How does Patty calm Jamie down?

4. How does Earl help Patty in Chapter 9?

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

6. Summarize the novel.

7. What does Jamie fantasize in Chapter 7?

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

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

10. How do Jamie and Patty spend the week?

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

What will happen to the characters in the future? What happens in the book that suggests the characters lives will map out like this?

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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