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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. What is the first thing that Willow notices about Jairo in Chapter 14?
(a) He is wearing a nicer shirt.
(b) He has cleaned his cab.
(c) He has had a haircut.
(d) He looks happier.

2. How old was Roberta Chance when her parents died?
(a) 31.
(b) 30s.
(c) 24.
(d) 20s.

3. Where was the man from that Pattie married and who is Mai's father?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) France.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Canada.

4. In Chapter 26, what is the subject that Willow wants to find reading material about?
(a) Dealing with grief.
(b) Survival skills.
(c) Being homeless.
(d) Losing a parent.

5. What is the name of the hospital where Willow is taken in Chapter 23?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Bakersfield Memorial.
(c) North Bakersfield Hospital.
(d) Good Samaritan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 28, what color shoes does Willow see when she wakes up?

2. In Chapter 21, what is on Quang-ha's underwear?

3. In Chapter 28, what type of pie does Mai order for Willow?

4. In Chapter 12, how long has Jairo Hernandez been driving for Mexicano Taxi?

5. What is Pattie doing at the beginning of Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Willow write Jairo Hernandez a note in Chapter 14?

2. What does the taxi driver think about Willow when he picks her up in Chapter 12?

3. Why is WIllow called to the principal's office in Chapter 4?

4. What is Pattie Nguyen's background?

5. How does Willow describe her grandmother?

6. In Chapter 21, what do sleeping arrangement for the Nguyen family have to do with Quang-ha being mad that Willow is staying with them?

7. What is the place like where Mai and her family live?

8. What does Willow fix herself to drink after she gets home in Chapter 10?

9. Why does Pattie decide not to carry peacock-blue nail polish in her salon in Chapter 19?

10. Where does Willow find a place to sleep at the library in Chapter 26?

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