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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jamie see little mountains of as he steps outside?
(a) Wood.
(b) Gravel.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Soil.

2. How does the author describe Van's posture after he throws Nin?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Crumpled.

3. What do Jamie and his mother eat at the carnival?
(a) Hot dogs.
(b) Burgers.
(c) Cheese toasties.
(d) Chocolate.

4. What does Jamie think the worm keeps him as skinny as?
(a) A fence post.
(b) A rail.
(c) A plank.
(d) A pole.

5. What does Jamie think he must have inside his body?
(a) A tapeworm.
(b) A rattlesnake.
(c) A bogeyman.
(d) A witch doctor.

6. How does Jamie think he can keep Nin happy while his mother finishes her breakfast?
(a) By making faces.
(b) By dangling things in her face.
(c) By singing to her.
(d) By tickling her feet.

7. What does Earl say Patty and her children will be if they stay in the trailer?
(a) Lame geese.
(b) Sitting ducks.
(c) Chattering turkeys.
(d) Potty pigeons.

8. Where does Earl live?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Arizona.
(d) New Hampshire.

9. Where does Earl suggest Patty and the children stay instead of the trailer?
(a) June's house.
(b) Van's house.
(c) Agnes' house.
(d) His house.

10. What kind of car does Jamie's mother own?
(a) A Plymouth.
(b) A Pontiac.
(c) A Chevy.
(d) A Buick.

11. How does Patty know Agnes?
(a) She is a deacon at their church.
(b) She is Van's mother.
(c) She used to her highschool teacher.
(d) She used to be her next door neighbor.

12. What wakes Jamie up when they get to Earl's?
(a) The crunching of gravel.
(b) Nin's crying.
(c) Earl's screams.
(d) A mobile phone.

13. How does the author describe the atmosphere immediately after Patty catches Nin?
(a) Dead quiet.
(b) Frizzled.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Dead calm.

14. What does Patty say is the only thing they need to take with them to the trailer?
(a) A cooker.
(b) Nin's crib.
(c) Their clothes.
(d) Jamie's magic book.

15. What kind of magic do the most skilled magicians perform?
(a) Card tricks.
(b) Illusions.
(c) Audience magic.
(d) Silent magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jamie wish Earl was?

2. What does Patty tell Jamie they are celebrating when she takes him to the carnival?

3. What does Jamie see sticking out from the top of his pillowcase?

4. Who does Jamie think of when he sees his mother clutching the bag of toys?

5. What does Jamie feel he is inside of when he enters the trailer?

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