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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yolanda suddenly remember when Shirley mentions Andrew?
(a) She wants to save a piece of the cake for Andrew.
(b) She and Andrew have to stay with their father the next weekend.
(c) She has a present for Andrew.
(d) She forgot to pick up Andrew at the park.

2. Why is Andrew uninterested in the photograph?
(a) Andrew thinks the parasol is silly.
(b) The children in the photo do not resemble Andrew.
(c) Andew does not care what happened several hundred years ago.
(d) Andrew is afraid of dogs.

3. Why would Andrew not want to do drugs?
(a) He's afraid of his mother finding out.
(b) He has seen what drugs do to others.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) He's afraid of going to jail.

4. How often had Shirley checked on the cake?
(a) She forgot to check on it altogether.
(b) Every minute.
(c) Every five minutes.
(d) Every half hour.

5. Who was at the playground when Andrew was there?
(a) A couple ponies kids could ride.
(b) Some pushers.
(c) The principal just before he was shot.
(d) A swat team.

6. What is Yolanda not allowed to do at home?
(a) Talk on the phone for more than five minutes.
(b) Interrupt Andrew's practice sessions.
(c) Watch television.
(d) Bake a cake.

7. Where does Yolanda's mother decide to move her family?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Grand River.
(c) Flint.
(d) Chicago.

8. Who is Willie Meredith?
(a) The janitor who brings the gun to school.
(b) The janitor who is dead.
(c) A student who is shot dead.
(d) The principal who is dead.

9. Where is Andrew when Chapter 3 opens?
(a) At home sleeping.
(b) In his class at school.
(c) At home playing his harmonica.
(d) On the park playground.

10. What does Andrew think he is supposed to do?
(a) Look for something hidden in the picture.
(b) Tell Miss Giluly how to spell train.
(c) Draw the picture.
(d) He has no idea.

11. What is in an illustration that gives Andrew no motivation?
(a) A dog swimming with a white boy.
(b) Washington crossing the Delaware.
(c) A white girl walking with a parasol.
(d) The depiction of two white kids.

12. Of what does Yolanda try to convince herself as she runs to the park?
(a) That other boys would protect Andrew.
(b) That the neighborhood is safe.
(c) That Shirley can take responsibility for the cake and do fine.
(d) That Andrew is able to fight well.

13. What does Momma always do for her children before leaving for work?
(a) Make breakfast.
(b) Inspect them for the school day.
(c) Pray with them.
(d) Iron their clothes.

14. What sounds does Andrew like to hear on Asphalt Hill?
(a) The metal being smashed.
(b) The wheels on concrete.
(c) The seagulls eating the garbage.
(d) The tires settling when they throw a new batch on the pile.

15. How does Yolanda make the rest of the kids feel?
(a) Superior.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Stupid because of her advanced vocabulary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yolanda doing while Andrew is playing his harmonica near Asphalt Hill?

2. What does Andrew continue to do after school?

3. What is failing to hold Andrew's interest?

4. Where does Yolanda's family live at the opening of the novel?

5. How does Andrew seem when Yolanda reaches him at the park?

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