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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hattie wake so early on the first day of Summer vacation?
(a) She is going to Summer School.
(b) She has a dental appointment.
(c) She has to start breakfast.
(d) She is leaving on vacation.

2. What is Adam's relationship to Hattie?
(a) He is brother.
(b) He is her step-brother.
(c) He is a cousin.
(d) He is her uncle.

3. When Adam eats too fast at dinner, Nana tells him to _____________________.
(a) stop eating.
(b) use his party manners.
(c) go to his room.
(d) chew his food longer.

4. Why does Papa chastise Adam during dessert?
(a) He eats his pie with his hands.
(b) He puts whipped cream on his nose and cheeks.
(c) He stirs his ice cream with his finger.
(d) He slurps it from the dish.

5. How old is Adam?
(a) 17.
(b) 21.
(c) 27.
(d) 30.

6. What does Nancy call Adam when she sees him on the street?
(a) A circus animal.
(b) A big freak.
(c) A retard.
(d) A pervert.

7. Adam and Hattie equate their feelings of not belonging as being __________________.
(a) monsters.
(b) travelers.
(c) ghosts.
(d) aliens.

8. What does Adam whisper to Hattie as they go into the dining room for dinner.
(a) She looks beautiful in pink.
(b) She should get the cherry out of her drink.
(c) He wants to come to her birthday party.
(d) He wants to sit by her.

9. Whose picture is in the frames on Miss Hagerty's dresser?
(a) Her grandchildren.
(b) Her husband's.
(c) Hattie's.
(d) Her students.

10. Why does Adam return to the boardinghouse the next day?
(a) To have lemonade and cookies.
(b) To play ping pong.
(c) To watch TV.
(d) To see Angel.

11. Where does Hattie's father work on his art?
(a) A studio.
(b) The den.
(c) The backyard.
(d) The attic.

12. Who offers to sew a dress for Hattie to attend the event in #39?
(a) Mrs. McGruder.
(b) Miss Hagerty.
(c) Mom.
(d) Nana.

13. How old is Hattie as the story begins?
(a) 16.
(b) 9.
(c) 19.
(d) 12.

14. Why is Adam's presence in her life so difficult for Nana?
(a) He is not her birth child.
(b) She is too old to care for him.
(c) She feels guilty for his disability.
(d) He can't conform.

15. Who is the servant who passes the food in the dining room?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Elsie.
(c) Ermaline.
(d) Esther.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT someone who Hattie sees in the home movie?

2. What is Hattie's father's job?

3. What social function does Nana suggest that Hattie attend?

4. Where does Papa go to pick up Adam?

5. What type of project is Hattie's father working on?

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