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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 does Sia pick up to use as a self-defense weapon before she falls asleep under the bridge in Chapter 2?
(a) A tin can.
(b) A knife.
(c) A metal curtain-rod.
(d) A glass bottle.

2. When Sia is greeted by her friends in the beginning of Chapter 10, she notes that they repeat what phrase “as if they are the only three words in her vocabulary”?
(a) “Where’s my phone?”
(b) “Oh my God.”
(c) “She’s so great.”
(d) “Look at you.”

3. Sia’s mother tells her as they eat in Chapter 9 that Sia has always wanted to be what?
(a) A professional surfer.
(b) An English professor.
(c) An actress.
(d) An astronaut.

4. What was the name of Carol’s husband prior to her homelessness?
(a) Kyle.
(b) Duke.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Jake.

5. What does Carol say she did as a job when she was married and before she became homeless in Chapter 6?
(a) Tended to her neighbors’ children.
(b) Worked as a clerk at a gas station.
(c) Worked as a cook at a hotel.
(d) Cleaned her aunt’s house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sia say she and Carol sleep most nights in the opening of Chapter 6?

2. What kind of car does Sia’s mother drive Sia home from the hospital in, in Chapter 8?

3. What kind of vehicle does Kyle drive in Chapter 16?

4. Who are the teenage boys attacking when Sia awakens in Chapter 6?

5. What time is it when Sia and Kyle make it back to the bakery in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads up to the conflict between Duke and Kyle in Chapter 18?

2. How much money does Sia’s mother give her for lunch in Chapter 11? How does Sia respond?

3. Who greets Sia when she awakens in the hospital in Chapter 7? What does Sia relate to this character?

4. Who are Sia’s friends that come to visit her in Chapter 10? How are they described?

5. Whom does Sia encounter at the food trucks in Chapter 2? What does this character offer to buy Sia?

6. What encounter takes place when Sia and Carol are cleaning up in the bathroom in Chapter 5?

7. What exchange takes place between Sia and Beatriz when Sia arrives home from school in Chapter 13?

8. Who comes up to Sia to offer her “blankets” in Chapter 3? How is this character described?

9. What advice does Carol give to Sia regarding her situation in Chapter 20?

10. Whom does Sia see and recognize in her class in Chapter 12? How is this character described by Sia’s friends?

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