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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. To what has Mrs. Bruning agreed with Peter's parents?
(a) To leave for assisted living in two weeks.
(b) A visiting nurse and meals on wheels.
(c) To move her bedroom downstairs.
(d) To advertise for a renter.

2. What did Peter see that he thought was strange outside his bedroom window upon waking at his grandmother's house?
(a) A ladder leaning against the wall.
(b) A tree branch he didn't recognize.
(c) A seagull.
(d) A rope hanging from a tree branch.

3. What is Hector holding when he runs past Debbie and Patty?
(a) His yearbook.
(b) His drum sticks.
(c) The trash.
(d) His guitar.

4. Who is interested in the theory of relativity?
(a) Lenny.
(b) Debbie.
(c) Russell.
(d) Patty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has brought the worms out on the sidewalk?

2. What is Lenny doing with his father in Chapter 16:

3. What song does the music class sing?

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

5. What might disintegrate Patty's world?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what class is Patty struggling and what does she feel from the knowledge she has learned in this class?

2. What does Hector do while waiting for the fireworks?

3. How do both Hector's and Mrs. Bruning's hairstyles change in Chapter 20?

4. How does Debbie's necklace end up in a tar patch after Dan picked it up?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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