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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of song does Hector compose when he sees the worms on the sidewalk?
(a) A funeral dirge.
(b) A maudlin, though silly song.
(c) A dance tune.
(d) A happy, silly song.

2. With what is Patty struggling?
(a) Whether to apply to the local college or ones farther away from home.
(b) The laws of physics.
(c) The marching band.
(d) A crush she has on a boy at school.

3. About what is the song Hector composes at the celebration?
(a) Pulling petals from daisies.
(b) The smell of fireworks.
(c) Girls being from Venus.
(d) Hitting the cold water of the lake on a hot day.

4. Why does Lenny leave his backyard when Debbie is watching him?
(a) To answer the phone.
(b) He is being chased by wasps.
(c) To find his father.
(d) For a drink of water.

5. 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) Television series and science fiction books.
(d) Movies one has not seen and what one dreamed the night before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the festival will Debbie be able to attend even with her job?

2. What does Debbie's mother tell a friend about Debbie's upcoming summer activities?

3. Where is the hospital relation to Mrs. Bruning's house?

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

5. How does Mrs. Bruning feel about Debbie's action in question #101?

Short Essay Questions

1. What book is Debbie reading in Chapter 22 and what does she think about the book and her life compared to the life of the protagonist in the book?

2. What subject does Peter's father approach with Mrs. Bruning and what is her response?

3. How does Debbie's necklace end up in a tar patch after Dan picked it up?

4. What is Mrs. Bruning's response about Debbie, and what does Mrs. Bruning give Debbie?

5. What does Debbie hear her mother telling a friend about Debbie's upcoming summer?

6. What is Hector thinking when he walks the sidewalk after a light rain?

7. Where does Hector find Meadow, and why is he embarrassed?

8. What is Lenny doing in Chapter 22 while Debbie is in the backyard reading and what saddens him when he goes into his house and comes back out?

9. What has Debbie convinced her mother of, and what does she find in her mother's mementos box?

10. What does Hector do while waiting for the fireworks?

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