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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trevor have written on his cast when he returns to school?
(a) Names of all his friends.
(b) Trevor loves Maribel.
(c) Black Power.
(d) NY Knicks.

2. Where does the new boy say everyone can find the truth?
(a) In books.
(b) In school.
(c) In their hearts.
(d) In chuch.

3. What is Frannie eating when she and Sean are watching television on Saturday?
(a) Pickles and salt.
(b) Peanut butter and jelly.
(c) Pretzels and cheese.
(d) Popcorn.

4. What is the song Frannie hears on the school yard as she's talking to the new boy in chapter eighteen?
(a) Hand Jive.
(b) The Love You Save.
(c) I'll Be There.
(d) ABC.

5. What does Frannie say is the reaction in the school yard when the new boy says that Trevor doesn't have a father?
(a) Everyone moves closer .
(b) Everyone gets quiet.
(c) Everyone turns away.
(d) Everyone begins to shout.

6. What's Maribel's reaction when Ms. Johnson tells her to stop looking out the window?
(a) She rolls her eyes.
(b) She apologizes.
(c) She walks out of the room.
(d) She slams a book onto her desk.

7. Who is the singing star Frannie is in love with?
(a) Lionel Richey.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) Smokey Robinson.
(d) Isaac Hayes.

8. What does Samantha answer when Frannie asks if she believes spring will ever come?
(a) That she hopes it's soon.
(b) She says she doesn't believe it will.
(c) That it always has before.
(d) She simply nods.

9. What does Ms. Johnson say about writer's block?
(a) That it happens to everyone.
(b) That it doesn't exist.
(c) That she's never seen it happen.
(d) That you have to find a way to work through it.

10. What are the smells Frannie associates with her grandmother?
(a) Pineapple and roses.
(b) Onions and peppermint.
(c) Coconut and lavendar.
(d) Lilies and liniment.

11. What kind of store had been in the building that is now the church where Samantha's family attends?
(a) A laundromat.
(b) A theater.
(c) A diner.
(d) A candy story.

12. How many girls are in the group when one girl begins talking to Sean?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

13. What does the new boy have wrapped around his finger when Trevor begins talking to him?
(a) Red licorice.
(b) A string from a yo-yo.
(c) The chain he's wearing around his neck.
(d) A piece of copper wire.

14. What does Frannie's mother tell her to do as soon as she enters the house?
(a) Wash her hands.
(b) Mash the potatoes.
(c) Go back and clean up the snow off the floor.
(d) Start her homework.

15. What is Sean's response when his mother says he looks like a member of the Black Panthers?
(a) He makes the Black Power sign.
(b) He says that wasn't what he was trying to do.
(c) He says he plans to join as soon as he's old enough.
(d) He laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Frannie and Samantha walk so slowly on the way home that day?

2. What is Samantha wearing to school in chapter eighteen?

3. How old does Mama say Frannie was when she first started talking about Mr. Hungry?

4. Who helps Trevor up after he falls?

5. What does Frannie say she would have asked if the new boy really had been Jesus?

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