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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Debbie wish?
(a) A straight-A report card.
(b) That something good would happen to her.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A puppy.

2. Where did Lenny's mother get his reading material when he was young?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The drug store.
(c) Her older brother who was a professor.
(d) The library.

3. What tool is Debbie trying to master in Chapter Eight?
(a) Skill saw.
(b) Plumbing bob.
(c) Basin wrench.
(d) Level.

4. What did Lenny read for fun as a child?
(a) Popular Mechanics magazine.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The encyclopedia.
(d) The classics.

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

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

7. What does Debbie find difficult?
(a) Going to school with a broken arm.
(b) Communicating with her parents.
(c) Wording wishes correctly.
(d) Tolerating her younger brother.

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

9. What does Lenny still like to share with anyone who will listen?
(a) The songs he writes.
(b) The knowledge he gleaned from encyclopedias.
(c) How to take apart and put together machinery.
(d) The plots of all the comic books he read.

10. What does Debbie wish boys were more like?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her cat.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A teddy bear.

11. What does Debbie wonder about as far as Albert Einstein is concerned?
(a) If he would have been different if he had been raised in a small town in the United States.
(b) If he would have revealed E=MC2 if he had known how it would be used.
(c) How he would be different if raised in an Eskimo village.
(d) If he believed genetics or environment has the most impact on one's life.

12. Who does Patty think God may reward after death?
(a) People who do what should rather than what they want.
(b) People who experience adversity in life.
(c) People who are good even if they do not attend church.
(d) People who are kind to animals.

13. What track is Debbie on in school?
(a) Skilled technical.
(b) Housewife.
(c) College.
(d) Blue collar.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lenny most interested in as far as career choices?

2. What does one have to consider when wishing for something?

3. What does Hector notice about Debbie?

4. What is Hector getting at the local church?

5. What is the topic of discussion between Debbie and Patty in Chapter Ten?

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