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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 type of food did Jarrett and his family have for his birthday in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 5, what did Joe's fortune say?

3. When did Jarrett win a scholastic art award in Chapter 6?

4. Where did Leslie reunite with the man who was her boyfriend in Chapter 7?

5. By the time Jarrett was a freshman in high school, how many times had he been sent to the hallway?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what did Shirley say about Christmas?

2. What did Leslie say about Jarrett's father writing to him?

3. What was Jarrett's eighth grade graduation like?

4. In Chapter 8, where did Jarrett volunteer that he said changed his life?

5. What did Jarrett say about family at the end of Chapter 8?

6. What did Jarrett do with Maura and Richard when he first met his brother and sister?

7. What did Lynn warn Jarrett about, and how did her prophecy come true?

8. What was going to be the culmination of the comic book class?

9. What did Jarrett create for his grandparents' 45th anniversary, and how did they like it?

10. In Chapter 7, how did Jarrett feel about seeing his mother with a boyfriend, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jarrett has a large extended family. How does Jarrett struggle with the definition of a family in preschool? What does living with his grandparents and interacting with his aunts and uncles and other extended family members teach him about family? What does Jarrett learn about family by the time he graduates from high school?

Essay Topic 2

Leslie is described as a heroin addict. What problems and issues does Leslie’s addiction cause for her family? For herself? How does heroin addiction steal Leslie’s ability to have a normal life?

Essay Topic 3

Leslie would like to be a better mother, but the choices she makes interferes with her desire to be a better mother. How are Leslie’s intentions different from her actions? What does the author communicate about the difference between intentions and actions?

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