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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. For what does Peter volunteer at his grandmother's house?
(a) To stay and fix problems in the house.
(b) To take his grandmother to the store.
(c) To move her furniture around.
(d) To clean it from top to bottom.

2. Who has a locker next to Debbie?
(a) Hector.
(b) Dan.
(c) Patty.
(d) Lenny.

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

4. What might disintegrate Patty's world?
(a) Her science teacher retiring before Patty's senior year.
(b) Her grandmother dying.
(c) All the moving atoms to suddenly move differently.
(d) Her parents divorcing.

5. What do Debbie and Peter hope for as they are working on Mrs. Bruning's house?
(a) Finishing early so they can go to the celebration.
(b) Rain so they can quit.
(c) Some of their friends to come by and help.
(d) An adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lenny leave his backyard when Debbie is watching him?

2. What kind of song does Hector compose when he sees the worms on the sidewalk?

3. What has Hector decided to do to enhance his image as a musician?

4. What is Hector holding when he runs past Debbie and Patty?

5. What has Hector forgotten?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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