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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 Margaret do after she talks to her mother about her first day of school?
(a) She changes clothes and goes to Nancy's house.
(b) She cleans her room.
(c) She does her homework.
(d) She calls her grandmother.

2. In Chapter 7, what assignment does Mr. Benedict give to Margaret's class?
(a) A community survey about the environment.
(b) A group report on puberty.
(c) A year-long individual project.
(d) A science investigation.

3. Where is the Simon family moving from?
(a) New York City.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Boston.
(d) Washington, DC.

4. Why is Margaret worried about putting Moose Freed as #1 in her Boy Book?
(a) Her friends think he is ugly.
(b) Her friends might tell him about it.
(c) Nancy hates him.
(d) The other girls like him, too.

5. What does Sylvia say every time she bites into a pickle?
(a) "So bitter, yet so sweet."
(b) "Nothing like a good old fashioned pickle."
(c) "Pickles...what a treat."
(d) "Mmm...nothing like the real thing."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is giving the 6th grade classes a Thanksgiving square dance?

2. What does Herb Simon say about Christmas?

3. Where does Margaret find her father's Playboy?

4. What does Nancy say all 14-year-old boys are interested in?

5. Who does Margaret mistake as her teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margaret feel uncomfortable in Nancy's room?

2. How does Barbara Simon try to show that she understands Margaret?

3. Why does Grandma Sylvia bring food with her from New York?

4. Why do none of the boys at the Thanksgiving square dance want to dance with Laura Danker?

5. Why doesn't Margaret feel she can suggest a name for the new club?

6. Why does Mr. Benedict keep Margaret after school?

7. Describe Margaret's new neighborhood.

8. Why did Mr. Benedict rearrange the desks in a U-shape?

9. How might Mr. Benedict have known how to grade the tests without names on them?

10. Why do the girls gossip about Laura Danker?

(see the answer keys)

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