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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. Why is Annie's Chapter 4 friend sent away?
(a) Because she is unruly.
(b) To finish her education.
(c) She has commited a crime.
(d) Her mother dies.

2. What is Gwen's last name?
(a) Jones.
(b) Jose.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Josef.

3. What natural event earns Annie admiration and respect from her classmates in Chapter 3?
(a) She is allowed to dye her hair.
(b) She is first to develop hair under her armpits.
(c) She is the first to shave her legs.
(d) She is the first to menstruate.

4. Which neighbor dies in Chapter 1?
(a) Miss Charlotte.
(b) Ma Chess.
(c) Miss Sonia.
(d) Nalda.

5. What can Annie see in the distance from her family's vacation home?
(a) A furniture store.
(b) A guava tree.
(c) A cemetery.
(d) The produce market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does most of the talking during lunchtime conversations at Annie's house?

2. What do Annie and her mother add to their "special" baths?

3. In Chapter 1, who dies that is Annie's age?

4. What is a favorite hangout of Annie and the new friend she meets in Chapter 4?

5. What does Annie believe will happen if she points at a dead person?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annie's father tell her as they part for her trip to England?

2. How does Annie see Ruth in Chapter 5 and why?

3. When was the last time Mineau and Annie played together?

4. What unusual incident occurs when Annie's uncle dies?

5. What does the illustration in Annie's text book show in Chapter 5?

6. What hypocrisy does Annie struggle to understand regarding her mother?

7. What does Annie fib about in Chapter 1 and why?

8. Name three "firsts" that Annie experiences in Chapter 3.

9. What incident makes the Johns realize they cannot leave Annie alone at all?

10. Why doesn't Annie speak to Sonia after the death of the girl's mother?

(see the answer keys)

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