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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over what are Dreenie and Willie momentarily concerned?
(a) That the bus has already been by their stop.
(b) That their mother will forget to come get them.
(c) That Tuli is okay after falling.
(d) That their other brother is going to miss the bus.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dreenie hang around with Tuli?

2. Why does Dreenie's mother gently chastise Dreenie?

3. Who seems to be the responsible one of the three girls?

4. What does Dreenie think of Natalie's baldness?

5. What explanation does Natalie give for where she parks her wheelchair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dreenie think she is and how does she feel about her sister's status with others? Where do they go to school?

2. What does Dreenie convince her mother to let her do about her father?

3. With whom is Dreenie spending time in Chapter 3 and why is Dreenie uncomfortable?

4. What does Dreenie notice about Bluish's attendance in school?

5. What does Tuli do when she sees Dreenie and Willie on the street and what happens?

6. What does Dreenie's father say about Bluish?

7. What are Dreenie's thoughts about Bluish's appearance, what does she want to do about Bluish's puppy and what does she think about the puppy coming to school?

8. What does Dreenie think is gross about Bluish and what does Dreenie's mother urge her to do?

9. How does Dreenie feel about her sister and for what is her sister known?

10. Why does Dreenie have an argument with her sister as they are walking?

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