How does Marcus usually react when his mother is crying?
- He comforts her.
- He doesn't say anything.
- He leaves the house.
- He rings up one of her friends.
What is one of Marcus's two friends called?
- Ricky
- Ned
- Nicky
- Louis
What does Marcus's mother do for a living?
- She is a teacher.
- She is a music therapist.
- She is a psychologist.
- She is out of work.
What do Marcus's so-called friends tell him after a while?
- They ask him to come and stay for the weekend.
- They don't want him to use the Gameboy anymore.
- The get annoyed with Marcus because he always talks to other pupils.
- They don't want him hanging around with them anymore.
Will invents a two-year-old boy.What is his name?
- Marvin
- Ned
- Ted
- Frank
What does the abbreviation SPAT stand for?
- Single Parents Alone Together
- Single Parents After Tea
- Single Parents At Twickenham
Who does Will talk to most at his first day at SPAT?
- Fiona
- Suzie
- Angie
- Lindsey
What does Marcus do at the weekend described in chapt. 7?
- He stays overnight at his friend's.
- He visits his father in Oxford.
- He meets Will for the first time.
- He visits his father in Cambridge.
Some of the boys trick him at the newsagent's. What do they do?
- They pour a drink over his trousers.
- They sneak some sweets into his pockets.
- They steal a magazine and blame Marcus.
- They laugh at him because he whistled at school.
His mother tells him that he is going out on Saturday.
- Marcus has been invited round to Will's flat.
- Lindsey wants to take him to Hyde Park.
- Suzie has asked him to come along to Regent's Park for a picnic.
- His father has decided to take him to see a football match at Wembley.