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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 are clinging to Earl's beard and mustache?

2. What does Jamie try to talk to his mother about?

3. Where is the first thing Patty wants to know when she enters the trailer?

4. How does Jamie like to entertain his sister?

5. Why does Jamie hate going to school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize Chapter 9.

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

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

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

6. How does Patty calm Jamie down?

7. Why does Van leave?

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

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

10. How does Patty react when she sees Van's truck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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

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