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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 been Samantha's reaction when Frannie showed her the pock scars on her hand?
(a) That she must have scratched a lot.
(b) That they could be nail scars.
(c) That it must have hurt a lot.
(d) That she should use lotion to make them go away.

2. Where is Mama when Frannie wakes in chapter twenty-two?
(a) Gone to buy groceries.
(b) Still in bed.
(c) Sitting in the rocker.
(d) Cooking breakfast.

3. What does the new boy say when Rayray asks if he plans to remain at Price?
(a) That he has nowhere else to go.
(b) That he hopes his parents will move soon.
(c) That he hasn't yet decided.
(d) That he expects to be expelled for fighting.

4. What is Sean's response when his mother says he looks like a member of the Black Panthers?
(a) He says he plans to join as soon as he's old enough.
(b) He says that wasn't what he was trying to do.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He makes the Black Power sign.

5. What does Rayray say when he comes up to Frannie and the new boy after Trevor has fallen in the snow?
(a) He asks if they're alright.
(b) He asks if they'll walk home with him after school.
(c) He says the new boy had no right to push Trevor.
(d) He asks if they'll sit with him at lunchtime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frannie smell when she enters her apartment Monday afternoon?

2. What does Frannie say about the baby of the family?

3. What does Frannie say she would have asked if the new boy really had been Jesus?

4. What does Ms. Johnson say about writer's block?

5. What does Frannie feel while she's sitting in Mama's lap?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the reactions of Trevor and Frannie after Ms. Johnson reads the poem about hope being a thing with feathers?

2. What are some of the things Frannie writes on her paper as part of her assignment in chapter eighteen?

3. Describe the conversation between Frannie and the new boy about where he might have learned to sign.

4. Describe what had happened when Frannie was at Samantha's for dinner and asked for chicken.

5. What does Frannie say about the new boy hurting Trevor's feelings and what that proves?

6. Describe Grandma's attitude about sign language, how she communicates with Sean and what Frannie thinks about it.

7. What does the new boy say about Trevor's need to be mean to others. What does Trevor do in chapter eighteen that's mean to Frannie and what is the reaction?

8. Describe the conversation that takes place when the new boy catches up with Frannie and Samantha as they're walking home from school in chapter twenty-one.

9. What does Sean explain to Frannie about the bridges and what they mean for his ability to talk to hearing girls?

10. Describe the conversation that takes place after Sean arrives home from school.

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