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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song does the music class sing?
(a) "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay."
(b) "Edelweiss."
(c) "Come Together."
(d) "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."

2. What does Hector think when he sees the smashed worms?
(a) That he is glad he does not live on the sidewalk.
(b) That he is a crushed worm himself.
(c) That he could still use them for fishing.
(d) That the worms have short, difficult lives.

3. What does Mrs. Bruning give Debbie?
(a) Extra pay for working on the house.
(b) A picture of Peter.
(c) Her old family Bible.
(d) An old family necklace.

4. What kind of song does Hector compose when he sees the worms on the sidewalk?
(a) A maudlin, though silly song.
(b) A dance tune.
(c) A happy, silly song.
(d) A funeral dirge.

5. For what does Peter volunteer at his grandmother's house?
(a) To clean it from top to bottom.
(b) To take his grandmother to the store.
(c) To move her furniture around.
(d) To stay and fix problems in the house.

6. Who does Debbie find lacking in some personal qualities?
(a) Dan.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Lenny.
(d) Hector.

7. What has Hector decided to do to enhance his image as a musician?
(a) Grow his hair.
(b) Carry his guitar with him at all times.
(c) Wear black clothes.
(d) Write songs about every teen he knows.

8. What might disintegrate Patty's world?
(a) Her grandmother dying.
(b) Her science teacher retiring before Patty's senior year.
(c) All the moving atoms to suddenly move differently.
(d) Her parents divorcing.

9. What was on the handle of Peter's suitcase?
(a) Airline tags.
(b) Duc tape.
(c) His name tag.
(d) A red piece of yarn.

10. Where do Debbie and Peter take Mrs. Gruning?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To the doctor's office.
(c) To Debbie's house.
(d) To the local firehouse.

11. What does Hector say his grandmother talks about a lot?
(a) How her and her husband met.
(b) Her surgeries.
(c) When she lived in Paris.
(d) Her two small dogs.

12. Where are Debbie and Patty when Hector and others arrive?
(a) Tastee Freez.
(b) DQ.
(c) Burger King.
(d) McDonald's.

13. Where do Peter and his parents live?
(a) California.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

14. On what issue does Mrs. Bruning remain firm with Peter's parents?
(a) Not going to the hospital.
(b) Debbie being her housekeeper.
(c) Allowing Peter to stay with her.
(d) Being able to drive.

15. What is Debbie doing as she hears Lenny and his father's conversation?
(a) Writing a poem.
(b) Her algebra and German homework.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Painting with water colors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are mementos of her mother's that Debbie finds?

2. With what is Hector occupied as of late?

3. What are Debbie and Patty doing as they look at the yearbook?

4. To what has Mrs. Bruning agreed with Peter's parents?

5. How does Hector think of the people who step on the worms on the sidewalk?

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