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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," what is in the father's notebooks?
(a) Fictional stories about Isaiah.
(b) Recipes.
(c) Accounting tables.
(d) Drawings of Charlie.

2. In "The Difficult Path," what is the passage from Li Po about?
(a) The ocean.
(b) War.
(c) The forest.
(d) A great storm.

3. In "How to Transform," who takes the narrator to his father's factory to prove who he is?
(a) One of the factory's secretaries.
(b) Slim.
(c) Dante.
(d) A cop.

4. What does the narrator of "How to Transform" say he learned in the end?
(a) Do not talk back to cops.
(b) When your father takes you to the gym every day, you say thank you.
(c) When a quiet person offers advice, you take it.
(d) Always work to improve.

5. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," who is Dona Rosa?
(a) The secretary at the school.
(b) Merci's great aunt on her mother's side.
(c) The doctor who helped deliver Merci.
(d) A woman in Merci's apartment complex who has died.

6. In "Secret Samantha," where is the new girl from?
(a) Canada.
(b) Vermont.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) California.

7. In "How to Transform,"what does Dante tell the narrator to do?
(a) Leave the gym.
(b) Run laps.
(c) Call his father.
(d) Play harder.

8. In "A Difficult Path," what is Fudong doing during their last lesson?
(a) Reading.
(b) Daydreaming.
(c) Pulling the legs off crickets.
(d) Refusing to respect the teacher.

9. In "The Difficult Path," what condition does the narrator's mother set when she sells her?
(a) That her hair never be cut.
(b) That she be taught to read.
(c) That she be allowed to marry the Li's son.
(d) That she sleep on a bed made of goose feathers.

10. In "How to Transform," what book did the narrator write a paper on?
(a) Huck Finn.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) Great Expectations.
(d) The House on Mango Street.

11. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," where does Isaiah spend his free time?
(a) An auto-body shop.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) The libary.
(d) The gym.

12. In "Secret Samantha," what does Miss Lee tell the class they must become instead of Chistmas elves?
(a) Gnomes.
(b) Ninjas.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Dwarfs.

13. In "Secret Samantha," who is Samantha's best friend?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Henry.
(c) J.J.
(d) Kyle.

14. In "The Difficult Path," what terrifies Shuwan?
(a) Pirates.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Elephants.

15. In "Secret Samantha," which present does Samantha decide to give to Blade first?
(a) The makeup kit.
(b) The shoelaces.
(c) The boots.
(d) The cupcake.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Secret Samantha," what is Samantha's favorite cartoon?

2. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Merci plan to do when she grows up?

3. In "The Difficult Path," what is the name of the most fearsome pirates?

4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how does Roli change the rules of the game Operation?

5. How old is the narrator when she learns to read?

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