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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 kind of song does Hector compose when he sees the worms on the sidewalk?
(a) A happy, silly song.
(b) A dance tune.
(c) A funeral dirge.
(d) A maudlin, though silly song.

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

3. What impresses Debbie about the student with the locker next to hers?
(a) His guitar.
(b) Her singing voice.
(c) His status as a football star.
(d) His ability to fix anything.

4. Where does the necklace end up next after leaving Russel's pocket and being picked up?
(a) In Patty's school bag.
(b) In front of Hector's house.
(c) In Lenny's bedroom.
(d) At the school office.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Debbie's great aunt say Debbie's cousin's job is?

3. What did Peter hear when he woke Saturday morning at his grandmother's?

4. Who is interested in the theory of relativity?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. What book is Debbie reading in Chapter 22 and what does she think about the book and her life compared to the life of the protagonist in the book?

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