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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 see Angel doing when she returns home one day?
(a) Ironing a dress.
(b) Getting out of a convertible.
(c) Hanging streamers and balloons.
(d) Sunning in the backyard.

2. Hattie tells her parents that it bothers her that they don't talk about ____________________.
(a) Adam.
(b) Nana.
(c) important things.
(d) Granny.

3. What is Hattie afraid to ask her mother?
(a) If she could go to a movie with a boy.
(b) If she can travel with Leila this Summer.
(c) If she can wear make-up to school.
(d) If she was afraid her own child might be like Adam.

4. Which ride does Adam want to watch?
(a) The Tilt-a-Whirl.
(b) The Scrambler.
(c) The rollercoaster.
(d) The Ferris Wheel.

5. What is the name of the town where Hattie lives?
(a) Milford.
(b) Milton.
(c) Millville.
(d) Millerton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color dress does Hattie wear to Adam's funeral?

2. What does Hattie tell Nana the day before Adam's funeral?

3. What grade will Hattie be entering next year?

4. At the funeral, Hattie says that being called a freak and other names _____________________.

5. How does Hattie feel after viewing the sideshows?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hattie include Adam in the plans for the evening of Nana and Papa's dinner party?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Hattie have good intentions in wanting to take Adam to the carnival and what does she come to realize about her methods?

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

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