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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Skelly decided Jake was ____________.
(a) An enemy.
(b) A delivery boy.
(c) His son.
(d) His old best friend Claude Harper.

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

3. How does the old man react to the boys at first?
(a) He has no reaction.
(b) He swears at them.
(c) He invites them to join him.
(d) He makes a big show out of ignoring them.

4. Where did Jake's mother work until he was born?
(a) At the school.
(b) She was on bed rest.
(c) At the bank.
(d) Denny's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jake find in the refrigerator when he was in fourth grade?

2. Jake's theory is that people grow to look like ____________.

3. How did the third boy feel about his reaction to the old man.

4. What did Jake and Skelly do after dinner every night?

5. What job did Skelly take on when Jake was in first grade?

(see the answer key)

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