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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. Where does Jamie hide Nin?

2. What does Patty stop asking Jamie after Wednesday?

3. What makes Jamie's teeth clatter while skating on the pond?

4. Where does Patty go every Tuesday?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Jamie react when his mother disappears down the road?

5. How does the novel end?

6. How does Earl help Patty in Chapter 9?

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

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

9. How do Jamie and Patty spend the week?

10. How do Jamie and Patty spend Saturday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Jamie's feelings for Van? Why does he feel sympathy for Van at the end of the book? What does his sympathy suggest about Van and his relationship with Patty?

Essay Topic 2

How does Patty react to seeing Van in the trailer? Does Patty react in the right way?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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