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

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

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

4. Where are Debbie's mother's mementos?
(a) In a box under her mother's bed.
(b) In the closet in boxes.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the attic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the ingredients of Hector's mother's recipe?

2. What do Peter and Debbie decide to do?

3. What does Debbie see Lenny doing in his backyard?

4. Why does Lenny leave his backyard when Debbie is watching him?

5. What part of the festival will Debbie be able to attend even with her job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mrs. Bruning when she comes home from the hospital and to what does she agree with Peter's parents?

2. What is Lenny doing in Chapter 22 while Debbie is in the backyard reading and what saddens him when he goes into his house and comes back out?

3. What is Hector thinking when he walks the sidewalk after a light rain?

4. What are Debbie and Patty doing while looking at the yearbook and what is Debbie thinking about when she looks at her own picture in the yearbook?

5. Why are Phil, Debbie, Lenny and Hector sitting on a curb, what are they doing and what are they talking about?

6. What does Debbie hear her mother telling a friend about Debbie's upcoming summer?

7. Who is at the Tastee Freez when the guitar lesson group arrives there and how does Hector feel about the class going to the Tastee Freez?

8. What are the other teens doing while Debbie is dealing with the crisis with Mrs. Bruning?

9. What does Debbie think of Dan Persik?

10. What book is Debbie reading in Chapter 22 and what does she think about the book and her life compared to the life of the protagonist in the book?

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