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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frannie believe Samantha says this?
(a) Because the boy said hello first.
(b) Because she believes the boy was mean to Trevor.
(c) Because the boy pushed her.
(d) Because she knows the boy isn't Jesus.

2. What does Frannie say she would have asked if the new boy really had been Jesus?
(a) If there would ever be another spring time.
(b) If Sean would find a girlfriend who wasn't deaf.
(c) If Lila was okay.
(d) If she was going to Heaven.

3. What is Rayray doing while Ms. Johnson is talking about writing a story?
(a) Scratching his name into his desk.
(b) Writing.
(c) Looking out the window.
(d) Reading a comic book.

4. What had the class studied in geography that day?
(a) African countries.
(b) Time zones .
(c) How to read longitudes .
(d) Weather in other parts of the world.

5. 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.

6. 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) ABC.
(d) I'll Be There.

7. What is the first thing Sean says to his mother when he gets home from school?
(a) What did the doctor say?
(b) Can I help?
(c) Why are you up?
(d) What's for dinner?

8. What kind of hat does Frannie wear to church that Sunday?
(a) Crocheted.
(b) The hood from her jacket.
(c) Rabbit fur.
(d) Felt.

9. What is Trevor doing when Frannie and the new boy are walking into the school?
(a) Sitting on the ground
(b) Leaning against the fence.
(c) Making threatening gestures.
(d) Walking into the classroom.

10. What is Samantha wearing to school in chapter eighteen?
(a) A purple turtleneck.
(b) Blue jeans.
(c) A blue dress.
(d) Black shirt and skirt.

11. What does Frannie say when her mother tells her to go wash her hands before mashing the potatoes?
(a) That she already did.
(b) That she had on gloves.
(c) That she'll do it now.
(d) That she doesn't want to.

12. What does Samantha say to the new boy when he comes running up to them?
(a) Why were you mean to Trevor.
(b) What's your problem.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Hey yourself.

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

14. What is the question Samantha says she's been wanting to ask Frannie?
(a) Why she's been hanging around with the new boy.
(b) Why she helped Trevor get up.
(c) Why she doesn't like Maribel.
(d) Why she sometimes signs to herself.

15. What does the new boy say when Rayray asks if he plans to remain at Price?
(a) That he hasn't yet decided.
(b) That he hopes his parents will move soon.
(c) That he has nowhere else to go.
(d) That he expects to be expelled for fighting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of business is on one side of the church where Samantha's family attends?

3. Where is Mama when Frannie wakes in chapter twenty-two?

4. What was Mama doing when she heard the news about the draft lottery?

5. What does Samantha say she dreamed about the previous night?

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