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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 old was Sean when Frannie was born?
(a) Four.
(b) Frannie is actually older.
(c) Three and a hald.
(d) Two and a half.

2. What does Frannie draw on her paper after learning that Trevor was absent?
(a) A girl on a bicycle.
(b) A jail.
(c) A boy on a swing.
(d) A bridge.

3. Why was Frannie's sister named Lila?
(a) After her mother's great-grandmother.
(b) After Frannie's father's sister.
(c) After her mother's favorite flower.
(d) Sean picked the name.

4. What does Samantha say is the shortest verse in the Bible?
(a) And then He died.
(b) Jesus wept.
(c) The water turned to wine.
(d) Amen.

5. What color does Rayray say Jesus was?
(a) He was brown.
(b) He was white.
(c) He was black.
(d) He wasn't any color, like air.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is Samantha's coat?

3. What is Daddy's answer when he's asked to name the prettiest place he's ever seen?

4. Why is the class cheering that morning?

5. What color is the rec center?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Frannie say about how quickly she's growing up?

4. What does Frannie say about Trevor's appearance and what this means about his ethnicity?

5. What does Frannie say some people might see if they looked into her neighborhood and what does she think about her neighborhood?

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

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

8. What does the new boy say when Frannie asks what it was like to live on the other side of the highway.

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

10. What does Frannie say about Sean's ability to dance and how she sometimes wished she could live in silence.

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