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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Willie?
(a) Dreenie's best friend.
(b) Dreenie's little sister.
(c) Dreenie's youngest brother
(d) Dreenie's older brother.

4. Who is Dreenie with at the opening of this chapter?
(a) Her mom.
(b) Her older brother.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her dad.

5. What does Dreenie's mother think is possibly wrong with Natalie?
(a) A brain tumor.
(b) Childhood leukemia.
(c) Cerebral palsy.
(d) Heart problems.

6. What explanation does Natalie give for where she parks her wheelchair?
(a) The battery is dead.
(b) The wheelchair won't fit through the classroom door.
(c) The puppy won't move.
(d) She wants the kids to really look at her and see her as a person.

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

8. What does Tuli do when she spies Dreenie and Willie?
(a) Waves at them as she enters a store.
(b) Turns around and walks in the opposite direction.
(c) Runs towards them.
(d) Nothing; she is not around them.

9. Who is Dreenie?
(a) The narrator of the journal entries.
(b) The character whose real name is Nancy.
(c) The character whose nickname is Bluish.
(d) The narrator of the adult viewpoint.

10. Whose grandmother does Dreenie worry about?
(a) Tuli's.
(b) Hers.
(c) Bluish.
(d) Willie's.

11. What does Tuli want to do that evening?
(a) Stay for dinner.
(b) Sleep over.
(c) Play videos.
(d) Watch "Animal Planet."

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

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

14. Why does Tuli accept Dreenie's invitation?
(a) Tuli knows Natalie will be there with her puppy.
(b) She does not see Dreenie, so does not know of the invitation.
(c) Tuli's mother told her she had to.
(d) Tuli loves to go to Dreenie's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Dreenie's mother think Natalie's health may be improving?

3. Why are there decorations on the buildings where Dreenie and her sister are walking?

4. About what do Dreenie and Willie argue?

5. Upon what street are Dreenie and her sister walking?

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