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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 has Hector decided to do to enhance his image as a musician?
(a) Wear black clothes.
(b) Grow his hair.
(c) Carry his guitar with him at all times.
(d) Write songs about every teen he knows.

2. What does Mrs. Bruning ask Debbie to do?
(a) Pick up a presciption from the drug store.
(b) Walk her dog.
(c) Wash the outside of all her windows.
(d) Cut off her waist long hair.

3. How does Hector think of the people who step on the worms on the sidewalk?
(a) They are sadistic.
(b) They are careless.
(c) They are all too heavy for the worms.
(d) They are uncaring and indifferent.

4. What kind of food is Hector holding when Dan sees him?
(a) Cotton candy.
(b) Popcorn.
(c) Hot dogs.
(d) Elephant ears.

5. Why does Lenny leave his backyard when Debbie is watching him?
(a) To find his father.
(b) To answer the phone.
(c) For a drink of water.
(d) He is being chased by wasps.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the main course of the dinner Peter's grandmother made for him and his parents?

3. Who does Debbie think would want to know Hector's mother's recipe?

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

5. Where do Peter and his parents live?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when Debbie comes to Mrs. Bruning's house on Saturday immediately after Mrs. Bruning awakens?

7. What do Peter and Debbie decide to do after Mrs. Bruning is taken to the hospital?

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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