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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as the summer progresses to Lenny, Hector, Phil, Debbie and Patty?
(a) They drift apart.
(b) They decide to travel to Washington D. C.
(c) They pair off, leaving Phil out of the group.
(d) They get to know each other and enjoy each other's company.

2. What has Lenny started doing that disgusts Debbie?
(a) Giving girls his phone number.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Using chewing tobacco.
(d) Calling girls "babe."

3. What is Debbie looking over at the opening of Chapter One?
(a) A school yearbook.
(b) A teen magazine.
(c) A book of poetry.
(d) A photo album.

4. What does Hector wonder about his music teacher?
(a) Why he teaches chorus but can't sing.
(b) Why the teacher works in a music company instead of giving concerts.
(c) If the man ever lived in Haight-Ashbury.
(d) Why he went into the ministry instead of a music career.

5. What belongs to Debbie's older sister that Debbie has?
(a) A crop top.
(b) A pair of earrings.
(c) A teen magazine.
(d) A pair of shorts.

6. How is Rowanne described?
(a) As average.
(b) As homely.
(c) As very intelligent.
(d) As pretty.

7. What do Debbie and Patty promise their mothers when buying jeans?
(a) The jeans will have no holes in them.
(b) They will not make the jeans too short.
(c) They will hem them.
(d) They will pay back their mothers for the price of the jeans.

8. How does Rowanne use Hector as an excuse?
(a) For not taking her friends up on a dangerous dare.
(b) For avoiding the attentions of a young man.
(c) For avoiding an expensive outing.
(d) For not working that afternoon.

9. Towards what is Lenny's school career being steered?
(a) College.
(b) Artistic fields.
(c) Blue collar work.
(d) Vocational technical programs.

10. Who changes like caterpillars change into butterflies?
(a) The moods of the girls Hector knows.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The weather patterns.
(d) The school cliques.

11. What does Lenny teach Debbie?
(a) To drive a motorcycle.
(b) To drive a stick shift.
(c) To parallel park.
(d) To change the engine oil.

12. Who is Rowanne?
(a) Hector's older sister.
(b) Hector's youngest sister.
(c) Hector's mother.
(d) Hector's girl friend.

13. What has improved in Debbie's personality?
(a) She is less grouchy.
(b) She has more self esteem.
(c) She is feeling more comfortable around boys.
(d) She is more confident.

14. Onto what does Debbie's necklace fall?
(a) A drawing of her best friend.
(b) A picture of a litter of puppies.
(c) A picture of a happy teenage couple.
(d) A picture of a basketful of kittens.

15. Where does Hector live in relation to Debbie?
(a) Next door.
(b) In another town.
(c) In a different part of town.
(d) Across the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hector do in his music lessons?

2. What does Hector help his father with the following Saturday?

3. What do Debbie and Patty think of the clothes their mothers have bought for them?

4. What is Hector's major concern this summer?

5. How many other students are in the class with Hector?

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