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

2. Why doesn't Franny's family do business with Maribel's mother?
(a) They don't own a car.
(b) They wash their own clothes.
(c) The store is too far away.
(d) She's too expensive.

3. Why doesn't Sean attend the same school as Frannie?
(a) His school is for students with special needs.
(b) He's older.
(c) He has been in trouble with the law.
(d) He's younger.

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

5. What is written by the rule "no graffiti" in the hallway of the rec center?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A gang symbol.
(c) The words "why not".
(d) A name and a frownie face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's the weather like on the day of the new boy's arrival in Frannie's class?

2. What is Frannie's reaction when her father takes her hand?

3. What is Rayray's real name?

4. Where does Rayray say the new boy would be if he really was Jesus?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Frannie say about miracles and what is the miracle that happens in her own life?

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

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

5. What does Frannie argue when Samantha says that Jesus might have chosen to come to Price at this time because there's a war going on?

6. What does Frannie discover when the new boy's father walks into the rec center and what are the reactions of Frannie and Trevor.

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

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

9. How does Frannie describe the new boy's voice on his first morning in the class room, and why does the class react to it?

10. What do Frannie and Samantha say about the fact that the new boy is white and Samantha's idea that he might be Jesus?

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