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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 type of music does Hector's song resemble?
(a) Country.
(b) Caribbean.
(c) Hard Rock.
(d) Jazz.

2. What does Debbie's great aunt say Debbie's cousin's job is?
(a) Selling shoes.
(b) Building houses.
(c) Writing books.
(d) Running a bulldozer.

3. Why is Hector upset?
(a) That his invitation to Meadow is taken up by the entire class.
(b) That Debbie and Patty are at the ice cream place.
(c) That Meadow tells him she is not interested in dating him.
(d) That Dan muscles in on Hector's conversation with Meadow.

4. What has brought the worms out on the sidewalk?
(a) A torrential downpour.
(b) The search for food.
(c) The heat of summer.
(d) A light rain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Peter volunteer at his grandmother's house?

2. What festival is coming up in the teens' hometown?

3. Where is the hospital relation to Mrs. Bruning's house?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is Peter's father's response to Mrs. Bruning's objections? How are his objections handled?

4. 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?

5. What does Debbie think of Dan Persik?

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

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

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

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

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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