View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Thorbert after Skelly gave him the nickname?
(a) He decided to start behaving.
(b) He stopped crying in class, his hair grew thicker, and he started projecting his voice.
(c) He became the class outcast.
(d) Nothing.

2. What happened when Skelly lifted Aunt Marguerite's table?
(a) He forgot what he was doing and brought it back to the car.
(b) He fell down the stairs.
(c) He broke his back.
(d) He laughed at how light it was.

3. What did Skelly do with the flower seeds he was given to cheer him up?
(a) He dumped them in the trash.
(b) He fed them to the dog.
(c) He ate them.
(d) He started an indoor garden.

4. What did Skelly do that he had never done before when Jake asked him to play catch?
(a) He took out a cooking glove.
(b) He ran outside without waiting for Jake.
(c) He swore.
(d) He didn't respond at all.

5. How did Jake get to be Valentine King?
(a) He was the first student to turn in a math assignment with no mistakes on Valentine's Day.
(b) He was the most popular.
(c) He was the funniest student in the class.
(d) He was the best looking boy in the class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man do when he realizes the boys are talking to him?

2. What did Jake's teammates call his grandfather?

3. How did Jake know his grandfather was getting worse?

4. What do two of the three boys do when they see the man in the dumpster?

5. What did Skelly discover in the emergency room?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 327 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample