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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has changed as far as money for Denise and Addie?
(a) Denise is bringing money home regularly.
(b) They have even less than before.
(c) Denise has received a significant inheritance from a distant relative.
(d) Dwight is handing over the money to Addie instead of Denise.

2. How does Addie's mother feel when they arrive at their new home?
(a) Happy.
(b) Furious.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Depressed.

3. How many steps are there to get to anywhere in the house?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 6.
(d) 20.

4. What joke does Soula make about being large?
(a) That she is easy to find in a crowd.
(b) That no one messes with her.
(c) That it's lucky they found the tumor.
(d) That she doesn't have to work as hard.

5. Why does Addie take a book instead of getting on the computer?
(a) Her mom is on it and will be for the rest of the evening.
(b) The computer is broken.
(c) There is no computer in her new home.
(d) She prefers reading.

6. What is Empty Acre?
(a) A small, grassy area with a pond about two blocks from Addie's home.
(b) A small park with nothing in it.
(c) The vacant lot across the street from Addie's home.
(d) The name of the bar Denise frequents.

7. What does Rick call Elliot?
(a) The love of his life.
(b) A jerk.
(c) A dreamer.
(d) A realist.

8. What does Soula say is her relationship to Elliot?
(a) Friend.
(b) Sister-in-law.
(c) Wife.
(d) Girlfriend.

9. Why does Addie think she blew it when she was nine by telling Dwight Denise wasn't home?
(a) Addie loses the company of the Littles.
(b) Denise is mad at her for days.
(c) Dwight did not want her anymore.
(d) The Littles are upset about being taken from Denise.

10. What does Denise do on Monday morning when Addie is leaving for school?
(a) Arrives in a very disheveled state.
(b) Calls and says Dwight is going to be picking her up after school.
(c) Pulls up in a new car.
(d) Calls and says to stay with Soula and Elliot.

11. What does Addie find when she returns home after showing off her hamster?
(a) Her mother is asleep.
(b) Her mother is talking to Dwight on the phone.
(c) Her mother is dressed up to leave for the evening.
(d) Something is burning on the stove.

12. Why does Addie get scared later that evening?
(a) She hears someone yelling outside.
(b) She hears some police and ambulance sirens.
(c) Her mom is not home by midnight.
(d) The phone rings unexpectedly.

13. Where does the sentence "Dory is a numbskull" appear?
(a) On an old picture of the overpass.
(b) On the wall around the dumpster in the apartment where Addie lives.
(c) On Addie's locker at school.
(d) On one of the wheels of the trailer where Addie lives.

14. What does Denise do as she arrives at her new home?
(a) Cries.
(b) Calls Dwight and screams at him.
(c) Goes through it carefully.
(d) Dances.

15. What does Dwight say is Denise other option for living?
(a) Her mother's home.
(b) Her ex-father-in-law.
(c) Public housing.
(d) Her brother's ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Soula and Elliot act to Addie?

2. For how long does Addie's mom disappear when Addie is nine?

3. Where has Addie just moved when the book opens?

4. What does Denise say about Pete?

5. What does Addie wish her mom?

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