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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is written on Maribel's shirt?
(a) Maribel.
(b) Peace.
(c) Black Pride.
(d) Casey School.

2. What does Trevor call the new boy and Frannie when he walks into the rec center?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Jesus.
(b) A cute couple.
(c) Stupid and Stupider.
(d) Flip and Flop.

3. What is Daddy's answer when he's asked to name the prettiest place he's ever seen?
(a) California.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) His own neighborhood.
(d) Indiana.

4. What does Sean say he'd do after he crossed the bridge he's imagined?
(a) He doesn't know.
(b) He'd buy a fancy car.
(c) He'd get to know people.
(d) He'd share information about blacks.

5. How long have Samantha and Frannie been friends?
(a) Since kindergarten.
(b) Since Christmas.
(c) Since the first of the school year.
(d) Since first grade.

6. What does Mama say when Frannie says that she feels as if the world is slipping away from her?
(a) That it's growing pains.
(b) That she should pray about it.
(c) That she shouldn't feel that way.
(d) That everyone feels that.

7. What does Frannie say she thinks of when she sees the graffiti on buildings in the neighborhood?
(a) A giant with a marker.
(b) Gangs .
(c) Parks and swings.
(d) Hatred and violence.

8. What had Frannie been thinking about that very morning?
(a) That she wishes it would stop raining so much.
(b) That she hopes no one new shows up to their class.
(c) The year she'd missed a month of school.
(d) That she wished something new would happen.

9. What color is Samantha's coat?
(a) Blue and brown.
(b) Pink and white.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Purple and pink.

10. What does Frannie say about the sky as they're walking home that day?
(a) There are dark clouds.
(b) It's already dark with no stars.
(c) There's too much smog to see the sky.
(d) It's clear and crisp.

11. Who is the first to ask the new boy's name?
(a) Mrs. Johnson.
(b) Rayray.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Trevor.

12. What does Frannie say she plans to name her own daughter some day?
(a) Abigail R.ose.
(b) LilyRose.
(c) Lily Joy
(d) Lila Beth.

13. Why does Maribel say the new boy should be on the other side of the highway?
(a) Because he's not very smart.
(b) Because he's rich.
(c) Because he's poor.
(d) Because he's white.

14. What is the name of Frannie's school?
(a) Price.
(b) John Brown Elementary.
(c) Southside Primary.
(d) Peak Elementary.

15. Who does Frannie sit down across from?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Maribel Tanks.
(c) Trevor.
(d) The new boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frannie start promising herself as Samantha starts walking away?

2. How many of her children does Mama say are in Baby Heaven?

3. What can Frannie smell from the cafeteria?

4. When Samantha starts listing arguments as to why Jesus might return in their time, she says because of hurricanes and tornadoes. What is Frannie's response to that?

5. How does Frannie usually wear her hair?

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