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

2. For what will the person in question #92 use what fell out of Russell's pocket?
(a) To sell to a pawn shop.
(b) To blackmail Russell.
(c) To give to Lenny.
(d) To tease Debbie.

3. What does Debbie's mother tell a friend about Debbie's upcoming summer activities?
(a) Debbie will work for an elderly woman.
(b) Debbie will work at the Tastee Freez.
(c) Debbie has no definite plans for the summer.
(d) Debbie will be going to her grandparents for the summer.

4. What do Peter and Debbie decide to do?
(a) Take a bus trip.
(b) Go find something to eat.
(c) Watch the fireworks from the roof of Mrs. Bruning's house.
(d) Quit and go swim.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Debbie think of when she looks at her yearbook picture?

2. Why is Hector upset?

3. What does Hector say his grandmother talks about a lot?

4. What has Hector forgotten?

5. What does Mrs. Bruning ask Debbie to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What subject does Peter's father approach with Mrs. Bruning and what is her response?

6. 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?

7. With what is Lenny helping his father in Chapter 16, and what is Debbie doing when she overhears them?

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

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

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

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