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

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

4. What job had Skelly always had?
(a) He was a doctor.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was an accountant.
(d) He was a house painter.

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

6. How do the boys feel when they think the man is deaf?
(a) They taunt him even more.
(b) They feel badly about ignoring him.
(c) They start to get mean.
(d) They don't think teasing him is funny anymore.

7. What did Skelly do when Jake couldn't do a pull-up?
(a) He forced the boy to keep trying until he got it.
(b) He laughed.
(c) He took him to a tree and helped him until he could do it.
(d) He told Jake to give up.

8. What was surprising about Mrs. Russell?
(a) She and Skelly had grown up together on the same street.
(b) She was very young.
(c) She had a knack for saying the right things at the right time.
(d) She had a great voice.

9. Why did Jake have to give up his Valentine King crown?
(a) He cheated.
(b) He rigged the votes.
(c) He got into a scuffle with the Valentine Queen.
(d) He didn't have to give it up, but he gave it away to be nice.

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

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

12. How did the third boy feel about his reaction to the old man.
(a) He was proud of his self-control.
(b) He wished he could run up to the man and embrace him, but knew the man would reject him.
(c) He felt ashamed.
(d) He wished he was a bit wittier.

13. What did Mrs. Russell always wear?
(a) Her nurse's uniform.
(b) A rosary.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A necklace Skelly gave her when they were children.

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

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