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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 does Jamie try to talk to his mother about?

2. How does Jamie make Nin cry?

3. What did a waiter once show Jamie how to do?

4. What does Patty say her family has hit a spell of recently?

5. Where do Earl and Jamie go skating?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Patty answer Jamie's question at the end of this section?

2. Summarize Chapter 9.

3. What problems does Patty have at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. How does Patty react when she sees Van's truck?

5. How does Earl teach Jamie how to ice skate?

6. How does Jamie react when his mother disappears down the road?

7. How does Mrs. Desrochers help Jamie with a Christmas present?

8. How do Jamie and Patty spend Saturday?

9. What does Jamie think of Van when he sees him again in the final chapter?

10. How does Mrs. Desrochers support Jamie and his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Patty react to seeing Van in the trailer? Does Patty react in the right way?

Essay Topic 2

What is Jamie's first reaction to seeing Van throw Nin across the room? How does Jamie's mother's reaction effect his own feelings about the incident?

Essay Topic 3

What does Jamie's fantasy about the bomb suggest about his situation in the story? How is his fantasy linked to the theme of dependency?

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