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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jamie offer to help his mother in this section?
(a) He offer to push the car.
(b) He offers to phone Earl.
(c) He offers to look under the hood.
(d) He offers to do one of his magic tricks.

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

3. Where is the first thing Patty wants to know when she enters the trailer?
(a) Where Nin is.
(b) If Jamie is okay.
(c) If Van has a gun.
(d) Why Van is there.

4. What does Jamie do outside the trailer?
(a) He looks for sticks.
(b) He skates on the pond.
(c) He runs around the trailer.
(d) He sings to himself.

5. Where does Patty go every Tuesday?
(a) An AA meeting.
(b) A poetry reading.
(c) A woman's meeting.
(d) Work.

6. What is Patty's opinion of Mrs. Desrochers?
(a) She is a busybody.
(b) She is a strange person.
(c) She is a good person.
(d) She is a nasty person.

7. What pointers does Earl give Jamie to help him skate?
(a) Relax and bend your knees.
(b) Close your eyes and tense your muscles.
(c) Move like you are running.
(d) Open your eyes and enjoy yourself.

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

9. How does Patty calm Jamie down?
(a) She tickles him.
(b) She asks him to read from a book.
(c) She asks him to perform one of his magic tricks.
(d) She hugs him hard.

10. Who does Patty think she spots at the carnival?
(a) Nin.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Earl.
(d) Van.

11. Why does Jamie kick Nin's drawer?
(a) To practise his karate.
(b) To hurt Nin.
(c) To see if it hides her.
(d) To annoy his mother.

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

13. How does Patty help Jamie in this section?
(a) She sings him a lullaby.
(b) She massages his feet.
(c) She puts a cool towel against his head.
(d) She reads him a story.

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

15. What does Patty tell Earl she thought they might have to live in forever?
(a) This silver toaster.
(b) This ice cube.
(c) This freezer.
(d) This coolbox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people don't survive the bomb?

2. What does Earl use to unseal the trailer door?

3. How does Patty react when she can't start the car?

4. Where does Van say he will wait for Patty?

5. Why does Patty send Jamie outside of the trailer?

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