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Jamie felt like he was a normal kid after....

• Cool Girl asked him to the Sadie Hawkins dance.

• the gym teacher made him do laps in his wheelchair.

• Stevie punched him and knocked him to the ground.

• his stepfamily made him help with the yard work.

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What did Jamie usually do after school?

• He watched THE THREE STOOGES reruns with Gaynor.

• He played retro video games with Pierce.

• He headed to his uncle's old diner.

• He went to the pool for physical therapy.

What "dumb thing" did Jamie discover Pierce and Gaynor had done?

• They submitted a story about him to the school newspaper.

• They got his name on the student council ballot.

• They asked Gilda to go to his birthday party.

• They scheduled him for a slot in the school talent contest.

Uncle Frankie rescued Jamie after Stevie and his friends....

• tossed him into a dumpster behind the school.

• threw him off the boardwalk into the sand.

• tied him to a post on the end of the pier.

• left him on a platform beneath the water tower.

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What convinced Jamie that he should enter the contest?

• He heard his uncle laughing hysterically as Jamie practiced in the garage.

• He saw an episode of SEINFELD about Jerry's first time doing standup.

• He had a dream in which Billy Crystal gave him advice.

• He learned Pierce had bet Gaynor that Jamie would chicken out.

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After he won the contest in Ronkonkoma, what did Jamie catch Stevie doing?

• Checking out a stack of joke books from the public library.

• Making copies of the photo he'd taken of Jamie drooling in his sleep.

• Writing, "Jamie Grimm is a sad little joke," on his locker.

• Typing messages saying Jamie had won because the judges felt sorry for him.

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Jamie decided to stop telling jokes at the restaurant after....

• the Smileys said they didn't get them.

• Stevie and his friends heckled him daily.

• the crowds became so large that some people got angry while waiting.

• he saw one of the contestants sitting at a booth and taking notes.

Jamie froze during the competition in New York City until he.....

• glanced at the smiley face Gilda had drawn on his wheelchair.

• looked at his entourage and saw Cool Girl wink.

• heard Stevie's mocking laugh in the back.

• rubbed the bracelet that had belonged to his sister.

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What did Jamie notice as he held the trophy after winning at Gotham?

• The wheels of his chair were loose, and he was about to fall over.

• A TV news crew was there to do a live interview with him.

• Billy Crystal was really sitting at a table in the balcony.

• His friends and family looked as if they were disappointed in him.

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Which one moment did Jamie say beat anything else in his whole story?

• Hearing the Smileys say they'd be honored if he'd let them adopt him.

• Setting the trophy on his parents' tombstone when he went to visit them.

• Listening to the cheers after he performed at the rehabilitation hospital.

• Watching the old video his aunt had found of him laughing with his parents.

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