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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 Nana show Hattie in Adam's bedroom?
(a) A box of letters and photos.
(b) His posters.
(c) His comic books.
(d) His trophies.

2. Why does Hattie go to the park to cry?
(a) Betsy won't be coming back after vacation.
(b) Nana said she needs to be grounded.
(c) Adam had yelled at her.
(d) Leila and her family have left town.

3. What does Adam give Hattie on her birthday?
(a) A book.
(b) A ribbon.
(c) A small wooden box.
(d) A pencil.

4. Where does Hattie ask if she can take Adam when Adam realizes that Angel is not home one day?
(a) To the amusement park.
(b) To the ice cream shop.
(c) To the carnival.
(d) To the movies.

5. Why do Mrs. Strowsky and her children move out of the boardinghouse?
(a) It was too expensive.
(b) It was too chaotic.
(c) There was not enough room.
(d) She found a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What house rule did Angel violate?

2. How does Leila get her education?

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

4. What does Hattie admit to herself about Leila?

5. Hattie shows Nana ___________________ that Adam made.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. What plans does Hattie make for the night of her Nana and Papa's dinner party?

7. What does Hattie think about the sideshow acts when she has actually seen them?

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

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

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

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