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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the sign that flashes into Frannie's head as she's watching Trevor, Rayray and the new boy?
(a) Play.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Believe.
(d) School.

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

4. Who does Frannie and Daddy pass as they are leaving their building?
(a) A mother pushing a stroller with twins inside.
(b) An old man looking for the key to his mailbox.
(c) The weekend doorman.
(d) A little boy bouncing a ball .

5. What's the weather like on the day of the new boy's arrival in Frannie's class?
(a) It's hot.
(b) It's storming.
(c) It's snowing.
(d) It's raining.

6. What does Mrs. Johnson say the new boy's name is?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Frannie doesn't remember.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Moses.

7. What does most of the class do after learning the reason for Trevor's absence?
(a) Make plans to send him a card.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Ask Rayray where he's being taken.
(d) Ask Mrs. Johnson to go home.

8. What does the boy pull from his pocket?
(a) A note.
(b) A candy wrapper.
(c) Only his hand.
(d) An apple.

9. What is Maribel playing on the playground?
(a) Hopscotch.
(b) Jacks.
(c) Down, down baby.
(d) Jump rope.

10. What time does Frannie get home from school?
(a) About four o'clock.
(b) About four-thirty.
(c) About two-thirty.
(d) About three o'clock.

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

12. What's Sean's response when Daddy says he's to wash the dishes?
(a) That he shouldn't have to cook and wash.
(b) That he has too much homework.
(c) That he doesn't mind.
(d) That he doesn't want to wash.

13. What sound does Frannie hear from the new boy when he sits down?
(a) A sigh.
(b) A sob.
(c) A cry of pain.
(d) A giggle.

14. What does the boy say his father had promised about people on this side of the highway?
(a) That they would teach him to fit in.
(b) That they would be nice.
(c) That they wouldn't notice that he's white.
(d) That they would call him Jesus.

15. What does Samantha say about telling her father that she believes the new boy might be Jesus?
(a) That she plans to tell him after supper.
(b) That she's already told him.
(c) That she plans to tell him as soon as he gets home.
(d) That she won't tell him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frannie note about the front of her turtleneck sweater?

2. What has Frannie written below her name on her notebook?

3. What is written by the rule "no graffiti" in the hallway of the rec center?

4. What does Frannie's father do for a living?

5. What is Frannie's thought when the boy speaks?

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