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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. How does Leila get her education?
(a) A private school.
(b) A school for the carnival kids.
(c) Correspondence courses and books.
(d) She doesn't get any education.

2. Who is the girl who has just moved into the boardinghouse?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Carol.

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

4. How does Adam's death affect Papa?
(a) He cannot sleep.
(b) He cries at work.
(c) He walks the streets at night.
(d) He cannot go to work.

5. What job does the Ferris Wheel girl's mother have?
(a) Tunnel of Love ticket taker.
(b) Cotton Candy vendor.
(c) Snow Cone stand vendor.
(d) Pretzel Woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adam give Hattie on her birthday?

2. What is Cookie's real name?

3. How does Nana summon Ermaline when Nana is seated in the dining room?

4. Where do Hattie, Mom and Dad go at the end of the book?

5. What worries does Hattie have about Adam's illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hattie think about Adam's thoughts on her "corner of the universe"?

2. What perspective does Leila give Hattie about sideshow performers?

3. What does Hattie explain about the ways friends can come into your life?

4. What is Hattie's reaction when she learns that Adam committed suicide?

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

6. Why does Hattie think that she was not a good friend to Leila?

7. How does Hattie effectively point out the bad manners of a family which stares at Adam at the Fourth of July festival?

8. What conflict does Hattie have with Adam and Leila's birthday party plans for her and why does Nana eventually agree to let the party proceed?

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

10. How is Adam restrained at the carnival and what reason does Hattie give to Dad about not asking permission for Adam to go to the carnival?

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