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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who continues to join the boys at recess in Chapter 4?
(a) Janice.
(b) May Belle.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Brenda.

2. What example of figurative language is the following sentence: “Jess drew the way some people drink whiskey” (p.10)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

3. What do Leslie and Jess do to get revenge on Janice Avery?
(a) They write a fake love letter to Janice from a boy she likes.
(b) They tell Mr. Jenkins that she’s been smoking in the girls’ room.
(c) They steal her lunch.
(d) They trip her on the school bus.

4. What will happen to Jess if he fights a girl and gets caught?
(a) Mrs. Myers will give him lunch detention.
(b) His papa will beat him.
(c) Mr. Jenkins will kick him out of school.
(d) His mother will make him do all of the chores.

5. In Chapter 3, who does Jess want to beat that day at the race?
(a) Roy Jenkins.
(b) Gary Fulcher.
(c) Mrs. Myers.
(d) May Belle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May Belle tell Jess in Chapter 1 about the Perkins’ place?

2. Where does Jess tell May Belle he is going?

3. In Chapter 4, why is Jess happy on Friday?

4. Who drives back and forth to Washington for work?

5. Who steals from May Belle in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katherine Paterson mean when, on page 3, Jess is described as having more grit than any other 10-year-old?

2. Who does Jess show his drawings to and why?

3. How does Jess’s mother treat him the day he helps her can beans?

4. Why does Jess make dinner for his younger sisters? What does he make?

5. Why doesn’t Jess write about drawing for his hobby report in Mrs. Myer’s class?

6. Why does Joyce Ann cry on Christmas Eve?

7. How does a specific kid bully others in Chapter 5?

8. Why doesn’t Jess allow Gary Fulcher to see his drawings?

9. Based on initial descriptions of his home and school, what type of neighborhood and community does Jess’s family live in?

10. Why does Jess run every morning during his summer vacation?

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