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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Frannie sit when her grandmother sits on the couch?
(a) In Sean's lap.
(b) In her grandmother's lap.
(c) On the coffee table facing her grandmother.
(d) On the arm of the couch.

2. What does Sean sign when Frannie gets in her mothers lap?
(a) You'll hurt Mama.
(b) Big baby.
(c) You'll hurt the baby.
(d) You're too old for that.

3. What is Sean's response when his mother says he looks like a member of the Black Panthers?
(a) He makes the Black Power sign.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He says he plans to join as soon as he's old enough.
(d) He says that wasn't what he was trying to do.

4. What does Ms. Johnson do to make Rayray pay attention again?
(a) Takes his knife.
(b) Takes the comic book.
(c) Turns his head away from the window.
(d) Takes his pencil.

5. Why does the new boy say part of him wants to hit Trevor?
(a) Because he can and kids would cheer.
(b) Because he's so angry.
(c) Because it gives him a sense of power.
(d) He doesn't say that.

6. What is Rayray doing while Ms. Johnson is talking about writing a story?
(a) Reading a comic book.
(b) Writing.
(c) Looking out the window.
(d) Scratching his name into his desk.

7. Why do Frannie and Samantha walk so slowly on the way home that day?
(a) They are sharing a candy bar.
(b) They hope Rayray and the new boy will catch up with them.
(c) They are afraid of slipping on the ice.
(d) They want to talk.

8. What is it that Frannie says Casper the Friendly Ghost is always trying to do?
(a) Find a new place to live.
(b) Scare people.
(c) Find someone who'll take him to school.
(d) Get people to not be afraid of him.

9. What is Samantha wearing to school in chapter eighteen?
(a) Black shirt and skirt.
(b) Blue jeans.
(c) A purple turtleneck.
(d) A blue dress.

10. What was someone trying take away from Frannie when she'd had that one fight?
(a) A book.
(b) Her backpack.
(c) Money for an after-school snack
(d) A toy.

11. Who helps Trevor up after he falls?
(a) Rayray.
(b) No one.
(c) Frannie and Samantha.
(d) Frannie and the new boy.

12. What kind of shoes does Maribel have on?
(a) Dark blue high heels.
(b) Tennis shoes.
(c) Sandals.
(d) Shiny platform boots.

13. What was Mama's reaction when she heard that there was going to be a draft lottery to get more boys to serve in the military?
(a) She turns off the radio.
(b) She sits down and begins to pray.
(c) She keeps cooking but starts to cry.
(d) She kissed both of Sean's ears.

14. What is the question Samantha says she's been wanting to ask Frannie?
(a) Why she doesn't like Maribel.
(b) Why she's been hanging around with the new boy.
(c) Why she helped Trevor get up.
(d) Why she sometimes signs to herself.

15. What does Samantha do when she realizes Frannie sees the hole in her mitten?
(a) Says she wonders how it happened.
(b) Says she tore it on the fence at school.
(c) Puts her hand in her pocket.
(d) Blushes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the new boy say everyone can find the truth?

2. What happens just as Frannie and the new boy enter the school building?

3. Who is the singing star Frannie is in love with?

4. What does Frannie say she might do when she gets to the rec center?

5. Why does Frannie believe Samantha says this?

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