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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Debbie reading with such absorption that she gets sunburned?
(a) A book about birds.
(b) A science fiction novel.
(c) A true romance story.
(d) A book about caterpillars.

3. How does Debbie help her dad one day?
(a) By fitting under the kitchen sink to tighten a joint.
(b) By sorting the washer sizes in a large jar in the basement.
(c) By holding studs while her dad nails them.
(d) By washing his car for an interview he has at a golf course.

4. What does Hector vow?
(a) To learn to play guitar.
(b) To learn to surf.
(c) To ask the girl who is singing out.
(d) To learn to draw.

5. Where does Rowanne invite Hector?
(a) The beach.
(b) A coffee house.
(c) To the local museum.
(d) To a friend's party.

6. About what does Hector compromise with his parents?
(a) Wearing an earring.
(b) His music lessons.
(c) Where he will attend high school.
(d) His hair length.

7. What slightly changes Debbie's attitude towards Hector one night?
(a) Hector makes a disparaging remark about Patty.
(b) Hector makes a disparaging remark about her dog.
(c) They brush up against each other as they are changing places.
(d) Debbie belittles a good friend of Hector's.

8. How does Hector do in his music lessons?
(a) He is incredibly talented.
(b) He is not musically inclined.
(c) He is awful.
(d) He is proficient.

9. What would Hector like to change about himself?
(a) To have blue eyes.
(b) To be shorter.
(c) To be more muscled.
(d) To be taller.

10. What does one have to consider when wishing for something?
(a) That one is facing the correct direction when saying the wish.
(b) That it would be good for one in the long run.
(c) That the fulfillment of the wish will not harm anyone else.
(d) That one is holding the correct crystal when saying the wish.

11. What does Lenny's father's friend give Lenny?
(a) An old, battered car.
(b) Odd jobs at a garage.
(c) A hunting rifle.
(d) A tool box.

12. What is one thing Debbie and Patty wonder?
(a) Why some people experience adversity and others do not.
(b) If they are old enough to wear make-up.
(c) If they will be able to attend college in Europe.
(d) If they will be able to attend college in a state far from their own.

13. What ability does the peaceful, alien culture have?
(a) To go into long-term hibernation.
(b) To levitate.
(c) Mental telepathy.
(d) Telekinesis.

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

15. How are the faces described in the pictures Debbie looks at?
(a) Smiling.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sunburned.
(d) Frowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What influence on one's life does Debbie discuss?

2. Who is Patty?

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

4. With whom is Hector fascinated?

5. How does Hector pay for the lessons?

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