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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Annie so intrigued by the new friend she meets in Chapter 4?
(a) She has beautiful golden curls.
(b) She gets to run wild and doesn't have to stay clean.
(c) She is very literate.
(d) She is a natural storyteller and writer like Annie.

2. Why does the dunce girl miss school for a short while?
(a) She is playing hooky.
(b) She becomes very ill.
(c) Her mother dies suddenly.
(d) She goes to another school.

3. Why does Annie stop playing with the dunce girl?
(a) It seems shameful that her mother died and leaves the girl alone.
(b) She is tired of the other girls making fun of her for being the girl's friend.
(c) All the answers are correct.
(d) She doesn't like the girl's poor manners.

4. What does Annie reveal in the conclusion of the essay she writes on the first day of school?
(a) She wants to run away from home.
(b) She longs to see many dead people.
(c) She is afraid of making new friends.
(d) She dreams her mother never comes back.

5. In Chapter 3, what does Mrs. John say is to blame for Annie's bad dreams?
(a) Worrying too much about death.
(b) Worrying about making friends.
(c) Eating unripe fruit before bed.
(d) Eating spicy foods.

6. How does the other girl retrieve the fruit in Chapter 4?
(a) She climbs the tree.
(b) She shakes the tree.
(c) She throws a bigger rock at it.
(d) She recites a spell to make it fall.

7. On which island do Mrs. John's parents live?
(a) Dominica.
(b) Maui.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Antigua.

8. How does Annie buy her dunce friend treats at recess?
(a) With money taken from her mother's purse.
(b) She doesn't
(c) By winning money playing marbles.
(d) With salary money she has saved.

9. Who sits in front of Annie in class in Chapter 3?
(a) Albertine.
(b) Alberta.
(c) Gwen.
(d) Sonia.

10. Why doesn't Annie like the essays her classmates write in Chapter 3?
(a) They are not factual.
(b) They are based on true stories.
(c) They are frivolous and superficial.
(d) They are too long.

11. What is the name of Annie's teacher in Chapter 3?
(a) Miss Gwen.
(b) Miss Joseph.
(c) Miss Nelson.
(d) Mrs. John.

12. What does Mr. Kenneth always give Annie during her market visit?
(a) An apple.
(b) A piece of fresh liver.
(c) A fresh fish.
(d) A sunflower.

13. What does Annie believe will happen if she points at a dead person?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her hand will burn.
(c) Her fingers will drop off.
(d) Her finger will create sparks.

14. Who reared Mr. John?
(a) An aunt.
(b) He was an orphan.
(c) His parents.
(d) His grandmother.

15. At what age does Annie say her life starts to change?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which neighbor dies in Chapter 1?

2. What upsets Annie when she and her mother visit the fabric store in Chapter 2?

3. In which chapter does the reader learn Annie's name?

4. Why does Annie feel like an outsider on her first day of school in Chapter 3?

5. Why is Annie's Chapter 4 friend sent away?

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