2. Where does the new boy say he learned to sign?
(a) He doesn't remember.
(b) He attended the Daffodil school.
(c) His mother was deaf.
(d) His father was deaf.

3. What does Trevor call the new boy and Frannie when he walks into the rec center?
(a) Flip and Flop.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Jesus.
(c) Stupid and Stupider.
(d) A cute couple.

4. What does Samantha and Frannie share on the school yard after lunch?
(a) A soda.
(b) Secrets.
(c) A swing.
(d) A chocolate cupcake.

5. Who does Frannie's father work for?
(a) Indiana Department of Education.
(b) Interdevelopment Corporation.
(c) Interstate Moving.
(d) Inner City Teachers Coalition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the church Frannie's parents attend?

2. What does the boy say his father had promised about people on this side of the highway?

3. What does Frannie do as she and Sean step out of the rec center into the snow?

4. What does the boy say is the reason he and his family left their home on the other side of the highway?

5. What does Samantha say about telling her father that she believes the new boy might be Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Describe the conversation between Sean and Frannie as they begin cooking dinner.

3. What is Frannie's reaction to the news that her mother is expecting another baby?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What are the scars on Frannie's hands, where did they come from and what does her mother do to them sometimes?

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

10. What's Frannie's reaction to Trevor's injury?

(see the answer keys)

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