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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 instrument does Tony play?
(a) The accordion.
(b) The violin.
(c) The piano.
(d) The tuba.

2. What pledge does Tony break while on summer vacation?
(a) The American pledge.
(b) The German pledge.
(c) The Asian pledge.
(d) The Dutch pledge.

3. Who has a voice that makes Tony's mom's fillings ache?
(a) Tony.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The Yankees' sports announcer.
(d) Bob Barker.

4. Who is Deborah?
(a) An unexpected visitor.
(b) Grandma's caregiver.
(c) Jenny's mother.
(d) Grandma's other granddaughter.

5. Who is Trish?
(a) A guest at the motel.
(b) A desk clerk at the motel.
(c) A tour guide at the motel.
(d) A maid at the motel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brent buy after leaving the museum?

2. In Chapter 5, when Brent enters a dining room, who fills him with envy?

3. What book does Brent read as he crosses Louisiana?

4. Why does Tony scratch under his shirt at the end of Chapter 6?

5. Who is Rachel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is dinner at the hostel different from Brent's dinner at home with his parents?

2. When the chapter ends, what does Tony do that connects the little boy to his great-grandfather?

3. How does the boy's interest in the whirligig affect Brent?

4. In Chapter 6, what task has the fifth grade teacher assigned that is difficult for her student Tony? Why is the assignment so hard?

5. Why does Brent refuse to use the Visa card which his parents have given him for the trip? What does this say about his new sense of responsibility?

6. What does Tony tell Mr. Mintz about his summer vacation? How does Mr. Mintz use this information to help Tony?

7. Why does Brent enjoy returning to the Sand Dollar Cafe?

8. Where does the drive take Jenny and Grandma?

9. What is the shape of Brent's new whirligig? What sits on top? How long does it take to build? What virtue does Brent display while creating the intricate display?

10. Emil makes a comment to Brent that his father had told him that teachers live forever through their students. When Brent hears this, what person in his past comes to mind? What do her words mean to Brent at the time she speaks to him? What realization has Emil's sharing brought to Brent?

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