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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dreenie tell Tuli to do?
(a) Call Tuli's mother.
(b) Sit in a plastic chair since Tuli's all wet.
(c) Remove her wet outer clothing.
(d) Take a hot bath.

2. About what do Dreenie and Willie argue?
(a) Willie being boastful.
(b) Who gets to ride in the front seat of their mom's car.
(c) Who gets to spend the weekend with their father.
(d) Who gets to hold Natalie's puppy.

3. What is Bluish's real name?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Susie.
(c) Dreenie.
(d) Judy.

4. What does Dreenie offer Tuli?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Advice.
(c) Her robe.
(d) The homework assignment to copy.

5. How is Dreenie surprised when she is downstairs?
(a) Her father comes up behind her.
(b) Some cops suddenly pull up with their lights on.
(c) Two cars collide in front of the building.
(d) The dog gets loose and runs down the street.

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

7. What does Dreenie want to discuss?
(a) Her grades.
(b) Boys.
(c) Bluish.
(d) Her menstrual cycle.

8. 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) Dreenie feels sorry for Tuli.
(c) Dreenie's mother makes her do so.
(d) Willie likes Tuli.

9. Of what is Dreenie envious concerning her sister?
(a) Her dimples.
(b) The attention the sister receives.
(c) Her blond hair.
(d) Her athletic abilities.

10. Where does Dreenie guide Tuli and Willie?
(a) To the subway.
(b) To Dreenie's home.
(c) To the candy store.
(d) To the drug store fountain.

11. Why does Dreenie's mother gently chastise Dreenie?
(a) For not wanting to be friends with Natalie.
(b) For begrudging Tuli staying for dinner.
(c) For not inviting Tuli to stay for dinner.
(d) For acting too grown-up and responsible.

12. Upon what street are Dreenie and her sister walking?
(a) Wall Street.
(b) Greenwich Avenue.
(c) First Street.
(d) Amsterdam Avenue.

13. What does Dreenie allow Tuli to do before going home?
(a) Read a book with Willie.
(b) Play with her doll collection.
(c) Hold their cat for a while.
(d) Call her friend on their phone.

14. Why does Dreenie's mother think Natalie's health may be improving?
(a) Because she is no longer on a ventilator.
(b) Because she is able to talk.
(c) Because she can sometimes walk.
(d) Because she is attending school.

15. What causes Tuli to fall?
(a) The sidewalk is icy.
(b) She is busy trying to avoid Dreenie and Tuli.
(c) She runs into a boy coming out of the store.
(d) She trips over a raised crack in the sidewalk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade is Willie?

2. What does Tuli want to do that evening?

3. What is the likely reason for Natalie's baldness?

4. How does Tuli speak?

5. Why is Dreenie worried about the grandmother?

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