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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What's Frannie's chore after dinner?
(a) To get her homework finished.
(b) To wash dishes and put them away.
(c) To clean up the living room and her bedroom.
(d) To dry the dishes and wipe everything down.

2. Where is Trevor sitting?
(a) In the back .
(b) On the far left of the class.
(c) In the row in front of Frannie.
(d) In the corner.

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

4. What does Samantha's father do?
(a) He's a security guard.
(b) He's a preacher.
(c) He's a truck driver.
(d) He works in a bank.

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

6. What's the news Daddy shares that explains why Mama is tired?
(a) She's sitting up at night with a neighbor.
(b) Their grandmother is ill.
(c) Mama has cancer.
(d) There's a baby coming.

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

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

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

10. What does Frannie start promising herself as Samantha starts walking away?
(a) That she'll talk to Sean about it.
(b) That she'll find out who the new boy really is.
(c) That she'll talk to her grandmother about it.
(d) That she'll go to church more and listen to her grandmother.

11. What color is the rec center?
(a) Blue.
(b) Grey.
(c) Red.
(d) A lot of different colors.

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

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

14. How does Frannie usually wear her hair?
(a) Straightened.
(b) In a bun.
(c) In an afro.
(d) In braids.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Frannie been thinking about that very morning?

2. Who does Frannie and Daddy pass as they are leaving their building?

3. What does Frannie put in the pot she's using to cook rice?

4. What does Frannie's father have when he arrives at home?

5. What does Samantha say about telling her father that she believes the new boy might be Jesus?

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