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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hector help his father with the following Saturday?
(a) Putting up screens.
(b) Picking strawberries.
(c) Tuning up the car.
(d) Washing and waxing the truck.

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

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

5. 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) How he would be different if raised in an Eskimo village.
(c) If he would have revealed E=MC2 if he had known how it would be used.
(d) If he believed genetics or environment has the most impact on one's life.

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

7. What is Hector's major concern this summer?
(a) His mother's health.
(b) His appearance.
(c) His summer job.
(d) His father's job.

8. What animal do both Debbie and Hector think about in relation to life and others?
(a) Pig.
(b) Horse.
(c) Robin.
(d) Dog.

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

10. What age group are Debbie, Hector, Lenny, Phil and Patty?
(a) Young teens.
(b) Six-seven years old.
(c) Mid-twenties.
(d) Pre-teen.

11. With whom is Hector fascinated?
(a) Debbie.
(b) Meadow.
(c) Patty.
(d) Susan.

12. What are Debbie and Patty doing to their jeans before school?
(a) Drawing pictures on them with fabric pens.
(b) Ripping holes in them.
(c) Cutting them off to be above the ankle.
(d) Ripping out the hems.

13. What do Debbie and Patty both believe will impact their adulthood?
(a) Neither attending church as children.
(b) Growing up in a small town.
(c) Both having older siblings.
(d) Both having parents who are divorced.

14. What does Hector notice about Debbie?
(a) Her piercing blue eyes.
(b) Her uneven sunburn.
(c) Her graceful walk.
(d) Her heavy accent.

15. With what do earthlings arrive at a peaceful, alien society?
(a) Money.
(b) Guns.
(c) Apples.
(d) Technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Debbie help her dad one day?

2. About what does Hector compromise with his parents?

3. What does Hector vow?

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

5. What do Lenny, Hector, Phil, Debbie and Patty do daily?

(see the answer keys)

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