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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 is the reason that Codi thinks she felt out of place in high school?
(a) She had braces and acne.
(b) Her father made her wear orthopedic shoes.
(c) She was in a class for gifted students.
(d) She was forced to wear secondhand clothing.

2. What about Codi and Hallie touches their father's heart?
(a) Their cuteness.
(b) Their closeness.
(c) Their good behavior.
(d) Their crying.

3. Who is having the flashback in Chapter 10?
(a) Codi.
(b) Doc Homer.
(c) Uda Dell.
(d) Hallie.

4. Whom does Homer call for help rescuing Codi and Hallie?
(a) Dosa Althea.
(b) Emelina.
(c) Uda.
(d) Viola.

5. Why is one of Codi's students dropping out of school?
(a) She does not have the money for college.
(b) Her parents are moving.
(c) She is failing her classes.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Gracela sisters came from Spain to marry whom?

2. Who is watching Codi and Hallie in Chapter 1?

3. What will Codi do for work for the next year?

4. To which Native American tribe does the father of Codi's baby belong?

5. How long has the narrator been away from the town where she grew up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Codi become a small-town heroine in Chapter 11?

2. What is Codi doing at the beginning of Chapter 28?

3. Whom did Codi tell about the incident that occurred when she was 15?

4. Summarize the ten-year relationship between Codi and Carlo.

5. In Homer's flashback, in Chapter 3, why are Codi and Hallie stuck in an arroyo?

6. What happens when Codi confronts her father about the tombstone with her family name on it?

7. What is the attitude of Codi's father about her relationship with Loyd?

8. What does the unknown caller tell Homer in Chapter 20?

9. Who are the Nolinas?

10. In his Chapter 10 flashback, how does Homer feel about Codi's situation?

(see the answer keys)

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