2. 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.

3. How did Jake feel about Skelly when Skelly came with his mom to pick him up from the football field?
(a) He felt pity.
(b) He was happy Skelly recognized him.
(c) He felt depressed about his life with Skelly.
(d) He hated Skelly.

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

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

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

7. How did Jake know his grandfather was getting worse?
(a) He didn't even notice when he messed up a story.
(b) His mother told him.
(c) He was increasingly forgetful.
(d) The doctor told him.

8. Who found Jake by the dumpster?
(a) Cheerleaders.
(b) Mrs. Russell.
(c) His friends.
(d) Skelly.

9. What do two of the three boys do when they see the man in the dumpster?
(a) Turn away in embarrassment.
(b) Help the man.
(c) Taunt him.
(d) Remain quiet.

10. What does the man do when he realizes the boys are talking to him?
(a) He gets out to converse with them.
(b) He lowers himself into the dumpster.
(c) He turns around and ignores them.
(d) He tells them to go get help.

11. What happened when Jake was telling his Valentine's story to his mother?
(a) His grandfather kept interrupting.
(b) The teacher called.
(c) She laughed.
(d) She grounded him.

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

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

14. Jake looked in the Dumpster and figured out what had interested Skelly. What was it?
(a) A ladder.
(b) Paint cans.
(c) Food.
(d) A map.

15. How did Jake feel about coming home from school to be with Skelly?
(a) He felt as if it was his duty.
(b) He wished his friends would join him.
(c) He started resenting it.
(d) He loved doing it because he loved Skelly.