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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What's the weather like on the day of the new boy's arrival in Frannie's class?
(a) It's snowing.
(b) It's storming.
(c) It's raining.
(d) It's hot.

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

5. Why does Frannie say she left the gym before Sean's game was over?
(a) She hadn't wanted to see him lose.
(b) It was hot and stinky in there.
(c) She'd wanted to catch up with the new boy.
(d) She doesn't say.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Frannie's sister who died?

2. What does Frannie's father do for a living?

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

4. What does Mrs. Johnson say the new boy's name is?

5. Where does Daddy and Frannie go together that Saturday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the things Frannie says she would ask Jesus if she met Him?

2. What does Frannie say about her hair and her mother's one attempt to change it?

3. What did Frannie's parents begin doing after Lila's death and what is the significance of this action?

4. What does Frannie remember about the baby that didn't "thrive", and what is another memory of someone using that word?

5. Why does Frannie sit down near Maribel and what does she think about Maribel?

6. What does Daddy tell Frannie about her worry over her mother and the new baby?

7. What does Frannie say about their parents decision not to have an operation that might have made Sean hear and about what her mother sometimes does to Sean's ears?

8. What is Frannie's mother's interpretation of the poem about hope, and what does Sean say about it?

9. What does Frannie say about Trevor's reputation and the way other children felt about him?

10. What does Frannie say about her grandmother, her church attendance and her Bible?

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