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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Skelly getting confused about at the dinner table?
(a) What day it was.
(b) The name of his old dog.
(c) Where he was.
(d) Which silverware to use.

2. What did Jake's teammates call his grandfather?
(a) Mr. Magoo.
(b) Cool.
(c) Insane.
(d) Mr. S.

3. How does the man show that he did hear them?
(a) His head perks up.
(b) He tells them to mind their own business.
(c) He asks them what they mean.
(d) He asks them to speak louder.

4. What is Alzheimer's?
(a) A disease that destroys a person's memory.
(b) A type of dance.
(c) A disease that attacks people in third world countries.
(d) A disease that makes a person incapable of walking.

5. Where did Jake's father take his mother for their anniversary dinner?
(a) On a picnic.
(b) A restaurant on the water.
(c) Arby's
(d) To an amusement park.

6. What happened when Skelly went to the Little League games?
(a) He wandered across the field.
(b) He started crying because he didn't understand where he was.
(c) He cheered too loudly.
(d) He kept trying to play, too.

7. How did Jake feel when he was playing football?
(a) He thought it felt really good.
(b) He felt weak.
(c) He felt like the hero of the team.
(d) He knew he was a disaster on the field.

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

9. Who came to Familiy Night dinner?
(a) Aunt Marguerite and James.
(b) Jake, Mom, and Skelly.
(c) No-one.
(d) The church family.

10. What did Skelly begin to call Jake?
(a) Claude Harper.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Son.

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

12. What did Skelly teach Jake to do at a very young age?
(a) Paint and sand.
(b) Read.
(c) Add and subtract.
(d) Use his manners.

13. How did Jake's mother respond to the father's question?
(a) She packed up and left for Connecticut.
(b) She started dreaming about baby names.
(c) She started house-hunting.
(d) She cried with happiness.

14. What did Jake find in the refrigerator when he was in fourth grade?
(a) Nothing. It was empty.
(b) Canned soup.
(c) His grandfather's pajamas.
(d) Gardening tools.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did Jake's dad ask his mom at dinner on their one-year anniversary?

2. How do the boys feel when they think the man is deaf?

3. What is Jake's middle name?

4. How did Jake feel about coming home from school to be with Skelly?

5. What gift did Skelly give Jake after he was digging in the garden?

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