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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 go to church more and listen to her grandmother.
(d) That she'll talk to her grandmother about it.

2. What does Sean do when Frannie bumps him on purpose?
(a) Drops a dish.
(b) Bumps her back.
(c) Falls down.
(d) Tells on her.

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

4. What does Trevor ask the new boy when the boy doesn't say what his name is?
(a) Why aren't you talking?
(b) Are you stupid?
(c) Talk or I'll hit you!
(d) Are you deaf?

5. What does Frannie say she always smells in the rec center?
(a) Cleaners.
(b) Wax.
(c) Hamburgers.
(d) Sweat.

6. What is Frannie doing when she hears Sean turn off the television and go to his room?
(a) Watching her mother sleep.
(b) Eating cereal.
(c) Talking on the phone.
(d) Cleaning the bathroom.

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

8. Where is the church Frannie's parents attend?
(a) Across the street from the school.
(b) Near Samantha's house.
(c) Around the corner from their house.
(d) Across town.

9. When do Frannie's mom and dad begin attending church?
(a) They've always attended.
(b) After they discovered that Sean was deaf.
(c) After Lila's death.
(d) When they married.

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

11. Where does the new boy sit?
(a) Near the back.
(b) Near the front.
(c) Just in front of Frannie.
(d) Next to Frannie.

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

13. What does Sean ask Frannie to imagine while they are sitting together at the beginning of chapter three?
(a) A bridge that connects the two sides of the highway.
(b) Having al lthe candy and ice cream they wanted.
(c) A world in which hatred doesn't exist.
(d) Having their father at home all the time.

14. What does Samantha and Frannie share on the school yard after lunch?
(a) A soda.
(b) Secrets.
(c) A chocolate cupcake.
(d) A swing.

15. What is Frannie's reaction when the new boy says she and Sean look alike?
(a) That Sean is beautiful and she isn't.
(b) She says they aren't really brother and sister.
(c) That everyone says that.
(d) She asks where he saw them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's the news Daddy shares that explains why Mama is tired?

2. What is Frannie's reaction when her father takes her hand?

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

4. What is noteworthy about the new boy's father?

5. What is the name of the school Sean attends?

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