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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Earl's job in the world destroyed by the bomb?
(a) To build a spaceship.
(b) To find uncontaminated food.
(c) To build a castle.
(d) To find survivors.

2. What does Patty stop asking Jamie after Wednesday?
(a) If he is too sick to go to school.
(b) If he is bored of her.
(c) If he likes living in the trailer.
(d) If he misses Van.

3. How does Jamie stop Van from going into the bedroom?
(a) He grabs a knife.
(b) He steps into the hall.
(c) He locks the door.
(d) He loads his gun.

4. What does Jamie compare learning to skate to?
(a) Learning to drive.
(b) Learning to cook.
(c) Learning to ride a bike.
(d) Learning to walk.

5. What does Mrs. Desrochers leave behind?
(a) Her gloves.
(b) Her glasses.
(c) Her purse.
(d) Her bookbag.

6. What does Patty ask Jamie to do while she talks to Mrs. Desrochers?
(a) Watch TV.
(b) Perform magic tricks.
(c) Look after Nin.
(d) Read a book.

7. What has Earl bought Jamie for Christmas?
(a) A computer.
(b) A skate board.
(c) A pair of skates.
(d) A teddy bear.

8. What does Jamie imagine everyone on Earth has been killed by?
(a) Alien lasers.
(b) Radiation.
(c) Gas.
(d) A bomb.

9. Why does Jamie's teacher say she is worried about him?
(a) People have seen Patty hit him.
(b) He is always crying in class.
(c) He has no social skills.
(d) He is missing too much school.

10. How does Jamie react when Patty breaks the plate?
(a) He cries uncontrollably.
(b) He threatens his mother with a knife.
(c) He kicks his mother.
(d) He runs out of the trailer.

11. Where does Jamie hide?
(a) In the cupboard.
(b) In the fridge.
(c) Under the bed.
(d) Under the trailer.

12. Where does Van say he will wait for Patty?
(a) In the trailer.
(b) Outside.
(c) At the store.
(d) At Earl's house.

13. How does Jamie find he can change direction when skating?
(a) By jumping in the direstion he wants to go in.
(b) By leaning in the direction he wants to go in.
(c) By thinking which direction he wants to go in.
(d) By turning his body in the right direction.

14. Why does Earl say he has come to the trailer?
(a) He wants to take the family out for breakfast.
(b) He wants to talk with Patty.
(c) He has come to give Jamie his present.
(d) He wants to get his toolbox.

15. What does Jamie think the car feels like on the way back home?
(a) Fun and playful.
(b) Small and claustrophobic.
(c) Big and fearful.
(d) Dark and cavernous.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Mrs. Desrochers say she can watch Jamie?

2. How does Jamie make Nin cry?

3. What does Jamie do to his mother when she gets him safely back to the trailer?

4. What pointers does Earl give Jamie to help him skate?

5. Why can't Patty start her car?

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