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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. Why do Nana and Papa bring Adam to the boardinghouse on Sunday morning?
(a) Adam wants to play with Hattie.
(b) Adam can't keep still in church.
(c) Adam doesn't want to go to church.
(d) Adam wants to go to church with Hattie.

2. What is the Summer evening tradition at the boardinghouse?
(a) Movies and popcorn.
(b) Drive-in theater and snacks.
(c) Lemonade and cookies.
(d) Movies and fudge.

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

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

5. Hattie thinks that Adam looks like ______________.
(a) Her.
(b) A movie star.
(c) Papa.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nancy call Adam when she sees him on the street?

2. How old is Hattie as the story begins?

3. How old was Hattie when Adam last saw her?

4. Adam asks Mr. Penny about his _____________ shop which is now closed.

5. How old is Adam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adam's recollection of Hattie's birthday serve as foreshadowing in the story?

2. Why does Hattie decide not to ask Nana to take her to the movies?

3. What does Hattie mean when she says she hates her porch and what is Adam's perspective on her feelings?

4. Who is Adam and how does Hattie find out about him?

5. What does Nana want Hattie to be like but Hattie continues to resist?

6. What are some possible reasons that Adam had virtually disappeared from the family for so many years?

7. What does Hattie mean when she says "before Adam" or "after Adam"?

8. What are Hattie's first impressions of Adam?

9. How do Nancy and Janet make Adam want to cry?

10. Which three residents live in the Owens' boardinghouse, and how are they introduced to the story?

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