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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 & 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Yolanda suspicious of Shirley?
(a) She thinks Shirley might make fun of Yolanda behind her back.
(b) Yolanda is not suspicious of Shirley.
(c) She thinks Shirley might want something in return for Shirley's kindness.
(d) She thinks Shirley is less popular than Yolanda so Shirley sits with her not to be alone.

2. To what smell does Yolando wake?
(a) Bacon frying and pancakes cooking.
(b) Tar when the road is being repaired.
(c) Her dog breathing in her face.
(d) Fish frying and waffles sizzling.

3. What does Yolanda realize when she reads the word definition?
(a) She is intelligent, but not exceptional.
(b) She is actually quite grown-up and infantile does not describe her.
(c) She is not the true genius in the family.
(d) The word is an insult to others but not her.

4. Where does Yolanda's family live at the opening of the novel?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Ann Arbor.
(d) Flint.

5. What makes Yolanda feel better when she is thinking about her old home?
(a) Having her own room.
(b) The lake near her house.
(c) Going down to where musicians jam in the park.
(d) Andrew playing his instruments.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Andrew?

2. What other sound does Andrew like to hear on Asphalt Hill?

3. How many terrible things have happened recently in Yolanda's life?

4. What does Yolanda decide to bake?

5. What does Shirley mean when she tells Yolanda that it takes one to know one?

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