2. What does Ms. Johnson do to make Rayray pay attention again?
(a) Takes his pencil.
(b) Takes the comic book.
(c) Takes his knife.
(d) Turns his head away from the window.

3. What was Mama's reaction when she heard that there was going to be a draft lottery to get more boys to serve in the military?
(a) She turns off the radio.
(b) She keeps cooking but starts to cry.
(c) She kissed both of Sean's ears.
(d) She sits down and begins to pray.

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

5. What does Samantha do when she realizes Frannie sees the hole in her mitten?
(a) Blushes.
(b) Puts her hand in her pocket.
(c) Says she tore it on the fence at school.
(d) Says she wonders how it happened.

6. Who helps Trevor up after he falls?
(a) No one.
(b) Frannie and the new boy.
(c) Frannie and Samantha.
(d) Rayray.

7. How deep is the snow on the ground as Franni and Samantha walk home in chapter sixteen?
(a) Just past Frannie's ankles.
(b) About eight inches.
(c) It's all melted.
(d) About a foot.

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

9. What does Frannie say was the point where the new boy proved he wasn't Jesus?
(a) When he was eating candy.
(b) When he hurt Trevor.
(c) When he started to cry.
(d) When he walked away from the fight.

10. What does the new boy say he can remember about his adoption?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That he cried when they took him.
(c) That he was glad to leave his foster home.
(d) Only that his father was very strong.

11. 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.

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

13. What is Sean wearing when he joins Mama and Frannie?
(a) Shorts.
(b) Shorts and a tank top.
(c) Blue pajamas.
(d) Jeans and a t-shirt.

14. What does Rayray say when he comes up to Frannie and the new boy after Trevor has fallen in the snow?
(a) He asks if they're alright.
(b) He says the new boy had no right to push Trevor.
(c) He asks if they'll sit with him at lunchtime.
(d) He asks if they'll walk home with him after school.

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