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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the radio show's format?
(a) Classical music.
(b) Talk show about politics.
(c) Raucous songs and jokes.
(d) Mellow jazz music.

3. How is Homer described?
(a) As average.
(b) As ugly.
(c) As handsome.
(d) As buck toothed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool is Debbie trying to master in Chapter Eight?

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

3. What does Hector notice about Debbie?

4. How is Rowanne described?

5. What ability does the peaceful, alien culture have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as Debbie is saying the final words of her wish?

2. What does Hector's first lesson involve and what disappoints him about that lesson?

3. What does Hector think about as he is putting up screens with his father, and what makes him think in that direction?

4. What has Hector began to do and what compromise with his parents is involved?

5. What kind of book is Debbie reading, and what does she think about the book and its relevance to her life?

6. What will Debbie, Phil and the others be studying at school?

7. Where does Rowanne take Hector, and what interests him there?

8. Where is Lenny being steered in school, how does he manifest this in his life outside of school and what habit does he pick up?

9. Where is Debbie invited in Chapter Four and what does she do there and with whom does she do it?

10. Why was Lenny's childhood not indicative of the path he appears to be taking?

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