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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Dreenie want to go down to the apartment's lobby?
(a) To talk to a friend.
(b) To take the next-door neighbor's dog downstairs.
(c) To ask the doorman a question.
(d) To wait for her dad.

3. What happens when Bluish gets upset that day in class?
(a) She hits a boy.
(b) She screams for ten minutes.
(c) She cries without stopping for an hour.
(d) She vomits.

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

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

6. What does Dreenie tell Mr. Palmer?
(a) Her friend said cops are mean.
(b) She is waiting for Mrs. Jones' dog.
(c) She hopes he can fix their heater soon.
(d) Her plans to go outside.

7. What is the combination of English and Spanish called?
(a) There is no name for it.
(b) Castillian Spanish.
(c) Spanglish.
(d) Pidgen Spanish.

8. How is Tuli acting?
(a) Sad.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Moody.

9. Why is Bluish called that?
(a) Her middle name is Blue and she prefers that name.
(b) You can see her veins through her skin.
(c) She always wears blue.
(d) She always wears blue fingernail polish.

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

11. Why does Natalie think that about the kids?
(a) They avert their eyes.
(b) They say mean things about her skin.
(c) They are always offereing to help Natalie.
(d) They push her around.

12. What is is Tulis "catch-phrase"?
(a) "Cha Cha."
(b) "Bonito."
(c) "Chica-chica."
(d) "Orchen."

13. Why is Tuli more confident than other kids in he grade?
(a) She is older than they.
(b) She has lived in several places.
(c) She has lots of siblings.
(d) She believes in herself.

14. What happens one day when Natalie parks her wheelchair?
(a) She can't get one wheel to turn.
(b) She falls out of the chair.
(c) The kids can barely get around her.
(d) She rolls over the puppy's tail.

15. Why does she not bring up the topic she wants to discuss?
(a) She does not know how to explain her math grade.
(b) It upsets her.
(c) She does not really want to hear about it.
(d) She thinks her mom would tell her she is too young to be interested in boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does the narrator say Tuli butchers?

2. What does Deenie think of offering Natalie?

3. What is Bluish's real name?

4. What does Dreenie's mother think is possibly wrong with Natalie?

5. What does Dreenie say makes kids in her class feel awkward?

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