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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. What does Hattie tell Nana the day before Adam's funeral?
(a) She feels guilty about Adam's death.
(b) No one can make her go to the funeral.
(c) She wants to speak at the funeral.
(d) She blames Nana for Adam's death.

2. Why does Hattie not go into the sideshow when she goes to the carnival another day?
(a) Because she has to get home in time for dinner.
(b) Because she does not have the money.
(c) Because she remembers Nancy calling Adam a freak.
(d) Because she is afraid to go in alone.

3. What holiday is it in Chapter 11?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) The Fourth of July.

4. Who is the girl taking tickets for the Ferris Wheel?
(a) Lana.
(b) Leila.
(c) Lee.
(d) Linda.

5. Where do Hattie, Mom and Dad go at the end of the book?
(a) Church.
(b) Swimming pool.
(c) Museum.
(d) Vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hattie wonder about Adam's condition?

2. Where does Hattie want to go instead of staying home while her parents are at Nana and Papa's dinner party?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the acts featured at the carnival?

4. Why does Nana order Adam to leave the dining room?

5. What does Hattie do when during lunch a family nearby stares at Adam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adam react on the Ferris Wheel ride?

2. How does Hattie feel about Cookie and in what way does Cookie not understand Hattie?

3. How does Adam disrupt lunch by abusing the buzzer and creating a scene?

4. After seeing Nancy and Janet laughing at Adam dancing at the bandstand, what burning question enters Hattie's head about his illness?

5. What traumatic experience does Adam have at the boardinghouse when he bursts into Angel's room?

6. What does Hattie learn about her family that shows that they don't really talk to each other?

7. How does Hattie show empathy when she decides not to view the sideshows at the carnival again?

8. Who are the Strowskys, and how does Hattie meet them?

9. What does Hattie think about the sideshow acts when she learns that a carnival is coming to town?

10. Who does Nana blame for the bad night at the carnival?

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