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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. Hattie thinks that Adam looks like ______________.
(a) Her father.
(b) Her.
(c) A movie star.
(d) Papa.
2. Why is Adam sad when Nancy and Janet run away?
(a) They were laughing at him.
(b) They threw gravel at him.
(c) They kicked his soccer ball down the street.
(d) He wanted to be friends with them.
3. What does Adam ask Hattie's friends, Nancy and Janet, when they walk by the house?
(a) If they want to go on a picnic.
(b) If they want some lemonade.
(c) If they know how to swim.
(d) If he can take a walk with them.
4. What is the name of Hattie's father's current project?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Hope.
(d) Horizons.
5. Adam tells Hattie that she is the type of person who can _______________________.
(a) fly to the moon one day.
(b) hang the moon and the stars.
(c) lift the corner of the universe.
(d) see the stars in people's eyes.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Nana not want Adam to share his curious ability?
2. What does Hattie consider to be the turning point of her life last Summer?
3. Hattie notes that Nana sounds _________________ when Adam decides to visit with Hattie for awhile.
4. How does Adam react to what Nancy calls him?
5. Why is Adam's presence in her life so difficult for Nana?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Adam mean when he says that Hattie is the kind of person who can "lift the corner of the universe"?
2. How does Adam's recollection of Hattie's birthday serve as foreshadowing in the story?
3. What does Hattie mean when she says "before Adam" or "after Adam"?
4. Who is Betsy McGruder, and why does Hattie go to her house on this morning?
5. What ominous statement does Hattie overhear Nana saying when Hattie gets home?
6. What are Hattie's first impressions of Adam?
7. What does Hattie mean when she says she hates her porch and what is Adam's perspective on her feelings?
8. Hattie refuses to go with Betsy's family on their Maine vacations--what is more enjoyable for her during the Summers?
9. How do Nancy and Janet make Adam want to cry?
10. What surprises Hattie about Adam's first visit to their home for a while?
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