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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 do Melinda's parents declare her as having outgrown?
(a) Her training wheels.
(b) Her doll collection.
(c) Her Hollywood stars posters.
(d) Trick or treating.

2. What does Heather want to sign her and Melinda up to do?
(a) Volunteer with children in the city art program.
(b) Participate in the musical.
(c) Band.
(d) Volunteer to read to blind people.

3. Fo what should students ask the art teacher?
(a) How to mix paints.
(b) How to draw a face.
(c) How to draw a straight line.
(d) How to find the wind.

4. What does Melinda think would make David Petrakis cute?
(a) A different hair style.
(b) New clothing.
(c) Less pimples.
(d) No braces.

5. Where does Melinda feel safe?
(a) At her mother's store.
(b) Sitting with her dad in the living room.
(c) Under the covers of her bed.
(d) No where.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David describe the tone of Mr. Neck's lecture in "Second Marking Period"?

2. What does the art teacher believe is as important as words and numbers?

3. Why does the ecology club protest the new mascot name?

4. Why does Melinda say Ms. Keen is chubby?

5. Who solves a math problem at the board in "First Marking Period"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some names Melinda comes up with for groups of students in the auditorium, and to what group does she belong?

2. Describe Melinda's first impressions of the art room.

3. What is making it more difficult for Melinda to talk, and what does she wish to do about what is keeping her quiet?

4. What do Melinda's parents order to do after school and how does Melinda "obey" them?

5. What class would Melinda avoid if possible and why?

6. How does Melinda feel about Algebra compared to other math courses she has taken?

7. How does Melinda's former friend Rachel respond to Melinda in "First Marking Period"?

8. What is Melinda's state of mind on the first day of high school, and how do the students on the bus treat her?

9. Who is Melinda's lab partner and how does she feel about her lab partner?

10. Who introduces herself to Melinda in "First Marking Period", and why is she friendly when no one else is?

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