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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. Why can't Debbie and Peter call for help with Mrs. Bruning?
(a) The phone lines are down.
(b) There is an electrical storm.
(c) Mrs. Bruning does not have a phone.
(d) Mrs. Bruning forgot to pay her phone bill.

2. Who does Debbie think would want to know Hector's mother's recipe?
(a) Patty's father.
(b) She would.
(c) Debbie's mother.
(d) Mrs. Bruning.

3. What does Hector's mother make for which some people might want the recipe?
(a) Sugar cookies.
(b) Green pea soup.
(c) Jell-o salad.
(d) Pizza.

4. What is Lenny doing with his father in Chapter 16:
(a) Moving a washing machine.
(b) Repairing a car engine.
(c) Painting the house.
(d) Cutting down a tree.

5. What did Peter hear when he woke Saturday morning at his grandmother's?
(a) A vacumn cleaner.
(b) His father singing.
(c) The radio.
(d) A loud motorcycle going down the street.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what is Hector occupied as of late?

3. How does Mrs. Bruning feel about going into assisted living?

4. What drops out of Russell's jacket pocket?

5. What did Peter see that he thought was strange outside his bedroom window upon waking at his grandmother's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Debbie think of Dan Persik?

2. What does Peter call his grandmother and why is he at her house?

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

4. How do Debbie and Peter handle the emergency with Mrs. Bruning?

5. Where does Hector find Meadow, and why is he embarrassed?

6. 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?

7. What is Mrs. Bruning's response about Debbie, and what does Mrs. Bruning give Debbie?

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

9. What has Debbie convinced her mother of, and what does she find in her mother's mementos box?

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

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