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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the next field trip the class is going to take?
(a) To Ellis Island.
(b) To Central Park.
(c) To the history museum.
(d) To the Guggenheim museum.

2. What was the name of the Irish bar that Paula, Dreenie and others went inside?
(a) The Celtic Dancer.
(b) Misters Side by Side.
(c) Master Cornic's Sideways Up.
(d) The Celtic Ruins.

3. Why is Bluish afraid of rough play?
(a) She is afraid of falling and not getting up.
(b) She is not afraid of rough play.
(c) She can't catch her breath.
(d) She bleeds easily.

4. How does Dreenie act when pushing Bluish in the wheelchair?
(a) Like it's hard work.
(b) Upset.
(c) Confident.
(d) Diffident.

5. What does Bluish volunteer to do in the group?
(a) Eat at five restaurants.
(b) Do the internet research.
(c) Accompany Dreenie.
(d) Draw the pictures on the poster.

6. What happens every time Bluish goes to the doctor's?
(a) The class worries.
(b) Dreenie goes with her.
(c) Dreenie takes Bluish's dog.
(d) Bluish is out of class for several days.

7. What words do Ms. Baker explain to the class?
(a) Remission and cure.
(b) Chemotherapy and medicine.
(c) Relapse and remission.
(d) Contract and congenital.

8. Who is Lucky?
(a) Bluish's dog.
(b) Paula's cat.
(c) Dreenie's uncle's nickname.
(d) Dreenie's hamster.

9. What is the cure rate for Bluish's disease?
(a) Almost none.
(b) 80-90 percent.
(c) 25 percent.
(d) 40 percent.

10. When does Dreenie take care of Bluish's dog?
(a) When Bluish feels really ill.
(b) When Bluish has to go out of town for treatments.
(c) Never.
(d) When Bluish goes to visit her grandmother.

11. What lands on Bluish's arm?
(a) A small corn snake that drops off a branch.
(b) A tiger butterfly.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A Blue Morpho.

12. Who accompanies the class on their next field trip?
(a) Bluish's mom.
(b) A nurse.
(c) Bluish's father.
(d) Dreenie's mother.

13. What did Bluish make for the girls to wear?
(a) Scarfs.
(b) Bracelets.
(c) Beaded necklaces.
(d) Hats.

14. What do Tuli, Bluish and Dreenie do concerning Willie?
(a) Make her model the hats they are making.
(b) Put all the photographs out on Willie's sleeping body.
(c) Tattoo her with henna.
(d) Shut her in the closet.

15. What does Bluish show the class?
(a) A menorah.
(b) A dreidel.
(c) Several tricks she has taught her dog.
(d) Pictures of a time she went to Europe before she was ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Rita annoyed with Dreenie and Bluish's other friends?

2. How do many of the children in the class feel towards Bluish?

3. What does Bluish tell the class at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What does Granmom Gilla do?

5. Why is Natalie unsure about accepting the invitation?

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