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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Jake's mom have when he was in fourth grade?

2. Jake looked in the Dumpster and figured out what had interested Skelly. What was it?

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

4. What did Jake do with the slip for the football league in seventh grade?

5. How did Jake get to be Valentine King?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Skelly react to James and Jake, and what was the result?

2. How does Jake respond to Skelly when he has friends over?

3. How did the old man react to the boys?

4. What disease did Skelly get, and how did it affect him?

5. What was Jake's mom like when he was a baby?

6. What happened when Jake stayed after school one day to play football?

7. By the time Jake was in sixth grade, how did he feel about his "laying low" strategy, and what did he do about it?

8. How did the grandfather get the name Skelly?

9. How did Skelly's nickname for Thorbert change him?

10. How did Jake react to the humiliation he felt after the sleepover?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the irony of the experience Jake had with his report and what he discovered when he went home that day.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Skelly's character in great detail as he was before Alzheimer's hit him.

Essay Topic 3

How does the author break stereotypes in the scenes where Skelly disappears and when he is found? Cite at least two examples of broken stereotypes or false first impressions.

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