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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did mom struggle to do?
(a) Give Jake a great social life.
(b) Keep life as normal as possible for Jake.
(c) Get her sister to help.
(d) Balance three jobs.

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

3. What happened when Lucas came over?
(a) He confided that his grandparent suffered from Alzheimer's, too.
(b) They baked a cake with Skelly.
(c) Skelly made such a scene that Lucas refused to come indoors.
(d) He noticed Skelly's clothes in the oven.

4. What did Aaron do after Skelly walked in on them while he and Jake were watching movies?
(a) He told Jake that he lived in a similar situation.
(b) He laughed and told Jake to forget about it.
(c) He told the kids at school about the incident.
(d) He called his parents to come pick him up.

5. What does one of the three boys do when they see the man in the dumpster?
(a) Remains quiet.
(b) Helps the man.
(c) Turns away in embarrassment.
(d) Taunts him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Skelly went to the Little League games?

2. What happened when Jake woke Skelly up for dinner four months after the accident?

3. Who gives Jake his name?

4. How did Jake feel when his mother came to him after he played football?

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

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