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

2. What is the name of the church Samantha's family attends?
(a) Mount Ephesus.
(b) Our Holy Father.
(c) First Baptist.
(d) OnePeople.

3. What had Frannie been thinking about that very morning?
(a) That she hopes no one new shows up to their class.
(b) That she wished something new would happen.
(c) That she wishes it would stop raining so much.
(d) The year she'd missed a month of school.

4. How many churches does Samantha say her grandmother attends on Sundays?
(a) None.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rayray's real name?

2. Where does the new boy sit?

3. What color is Samantha's coat?

4. Why does Maribel say her mama was mad about the new boy's purchase the previous day?

5. What's Frannie's chore after dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What do Sean, Frannie and Mama do on Saturday morning?

3. What does Frannie say is the sign for "believe" and why does she think it's appropriate?

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

5. What does Frannie say about her memories of the year she'd started school a month late?

6. How was Trevor injured?

7. Describe what Frannie sees at the corner of North Conduit and Eastbay Road.

8. What is the game Sean and Frannie sometimes play about sounds and give one example of their game.

9. What does the new boy reveal about himself, where his family had been prior to his arrival at Price, and why he'd moved to Price?

10. What are the reactions of Samantha and Maribel when the new boy signs to answer the question posed by Trevor and Rayray?

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