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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Bruning see about Peter and Debbie?
(a) They do not like each other well.
(b) They are indifferent to each other.
(c) There is an attraction between them.
(d) They are completely and totally in love.

2. How does Mrs. Bruning feel about going into assisted living?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Sad.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Happy.

3. What has Hector forgotten?
(a) Why he picked up all the trash.
(b) Why his parents wanted him to go to college.
(c) Why he thought Meadow is attractive.
(d) Why he began taking guitar lessons.

4. What did Peter see that he thought was strange outside his bedroom window upon waking at his grandmother's house?
(a) A ladder leaning against the wall.
(b) A tree branch he didn't recognize.
(c) A rope hanging from a tree branch.
(d) A seagull.

5. Why can't Debbie and Peter call for help with Mrs. Bruning?
(a) The phone lines are down.
(b) Mrs. Bruning forgot to pay her phone bill.
(c) Mrs. Bruning does not have a phone.
(d) There is an electrical storm.

6. What festival is coming up in the teens' hometown?
(a) Maypole.
(b) Days of Summer.
(c) Summer Soltice.
(d) Seldem Days.

7. What has brought the worms out on the sidewalk?
(a) The search for food.
(b) The heat of summer.
(c) A light rain.
(d) A torrential downpour.

8. What were the two conversation subjects Hector asked Debbie about while sitting on the curb?
(a) Teenage crime and how parents should act with their children.
(b) The lack of education in schools and the problems with playing baseball in the rain.
(c) Movies one has not seen and what one dreamed the night before.
(d) Television series and science fiction books.

9. What was the main course of the dinner Peter's grandmother made for him and his parents?
(a) Leg of lamb.
(b) Baked chicken.
(c) Ham.
(d) Roast beef.

10. What part of the festival will Debbie be able to attend even with her job?
(a) The Maypole Dance.
(b) The dinner and fireworks.
(c) The annual jump into the lake summer first swim.
(d) The lighting of the soltice candles.

11. What is Hector holding when he runs past Debbie and Patty?
(a) His guitar.
(b) His drum sticks.
(c) His yearbook.
(d) The trash.

12. What does Mrs. Bruning give Debbie?
(a) Extra pay for working on the house.
(b) An old family necklace.
(c) Her old family Bible.
(d) A picture of Peter.

13. What impresses Debbie about the student with the locker next to hers?
(a) His ability to fix anything.
(b) His guitar.
(c) Her singing voice.
(d) His status as a football star.

14. What do Debbie and Peter hope for as they are working on Mrs. Bruning's house?
(a) Finishing early so they can go to the celebration.
(b) Rain so they can quit.
(c) An adventure.
(d) Some of their friends to come by and help.

15. Where does the necklace end up next after leaving Russel's pocket and being picked up?
(a) In front of Hector's house.
(b) At the school office.
(c) In Lenny's bedroom.
(d) In Patty's school bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Debbie think would want to know Hector's mother's recipe?

2. What drops out of Russell's jacket pocket?

3. What is Lenny doing with his father in Chapter 16:

4. What type of music does Hector's song resemble?

5. What does Hector think when he sees the smashed worms?

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