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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Tuli gets home late?
(a) Her younger siblings are left alone.
(b) She gets whipped.
(c) Her mother is late to work.
(d) Tuli's grandmother eats late.

2. How does Dreenie feel Tuli acts?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Obnoxious.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Giddy.

3. What language does the narrator say Tuli butchers?
(a) English.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Russian that she learns from her grandmother.
(d) Greek that she learns from her grandfather.

4. How does Tuli speak?
(a) Loudly.
(b) In a whisper.
(c) She hardly says anything.
(d) Just normally.

5. Who finally convinces Dreenie to bring up what she wants to discuss?
(a) Dreenie's teacher.
(b) Willie.
(c) Dreenie's mother.
(d) Dreenie's grandmother.

6. Why does Dreenie hang around with Tuli?
(a) Dreenie is new to the school and Tuli is the only friend she has so far.
(b) Willie likes Tuli.
(c) Dreenie's mother makes her do so.
(d) Dreenie feels sorry for Tuli.

7. Who meets Dreenie and Willie on the street?
(a) Tuli.
(b) Suzie.
(c) Their mother.
(d) Natalie.

8. To what does Dreenie compare Natalie's skin?
(a) The moon.
(b) Starlight.
(c) Flour.
(d) Water.

9. What does Dreenie finally get after giving Willie and Tuli food and drink?
(a) Peace and quiet.
(b) A thank you.
(c) A call from her best friend.
(d) A call from her mother.

10. How does Natalie look to Dreenie all the time?
(a) Bored.
(b) Tired.
(c) Happy.
(d) Mean.

11. Who seems to be the responsible one of the three girls?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Dreenie.
(c) Tuli.
(d) Willie.

12. What is the likely reason for Natalie's baldness?
(a) There is no logical explanation for the baldness.
(b) A need to stand out even more.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) A result of surgery for a brain tumor.

13. What does Dreenie wonder about Tuli?
(a) If Tuli's mother is back from San Francisco.
(b) If Tuli's father is going to pick up Tuli that evening.
(c) Why she acts out.
(d) If she is speaking to her younger sister yet.

14. How does Natalie think the kids have been around her?
(a) Unkind.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Unsympathetic.

15. What does Dreenie say the act of writing in her journal is not about?
(a) Practicing her penmanship.
(b) A way of avoiding talking to other kids.
(c) A means of sharing with her friends.
(d) A grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade is Dreenie?

2. What does Dreenie's mother urge Dreenie to do about Bluish?

3. What is the combination of English and Spanish called?

4. Who impresses teachers with her intelligence?

5. What does Natalie ride to school?

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