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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Frannie start school a month late one year?
(a) Mama had been in the hospital.
(b) She hadn't been old enough to attend school yet.
(c) The family was moving.
(d) She had chicken pox.

2. What does Frannie's father do for a living?
(a) Organizes meetings and events.
(b) Teaches school.
(c) Drives a truck.
(d) Teaches teachers about new methods.

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

4. Why doesn't Sean attend the same school as Frannie?
(a) He's younger.
(b) He has been in trouble with the law.
(c) His school is for students with special needs.
(d) He's older.

5. What is it the reaction of the class when the new boy speaks?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They don't react at all.
(c) They become very quiet.
(d) They catch their breaths.

6. What are the first words Mama says to Frannie when Frannie goes into her bedroom?
(a) Go help your brother.
(b) We're going to have another baby.
(c) Stop worrying.
(d) Your father will be home soon.

7. What is Frannie's reaction when her father takes her hand?
(a) She grasps his arm with her other hand as well.
(b) She pulls away.
(c) She lets herself fall back so that he catches her.
(d) She knows she's too big to hold hands but lets him.

8. What is noteworthy about the new boy's father?
(a) He's very old.
(b) He's very tall.
(c) He's very young.
(d) He's black.

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

10. What does Frannie do as she and Sean step out of the rec center into the snow?
(a) Catches snowflakes.
(b) Starts to run.
(c) Waves to some friends.
(d) Pushes Sean.

11. How many churches does Samantha say her grandmother attends on Sundays?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

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

13. What is Frannie's thought when the boy speaks?
(a) I wonder where he got that accent?
(b) Isn't this strange.
(c) That boy comes from a rich home.
(d) That boy is white.

14. What does one of Sean's friends sign to him when Frannie walks in?
(a) Your sister's here.
(b) She's cute.
(c) Who's that girl?
(d) Babysitting time.

15. What time does Mama get up on Saturday?
(a) Eleven in the morning.
(b) Ten in the morning.
(c) Nine in the morning.
(d) Noon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the church Samantha's family attends?

2. Where does Daddy and Frannie go together that Saturday?

3. Why is the class cheering that morning?

4. What does Mama call the library?

5. What does Sean ask Frannie to imagine while they are sitting together at the beginning of chapter three?

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