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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 was Mama doing when she heard the news about the draft lottery?
(a) Making pancakes for Sean.
(b) Frying bacon for breakfast.
(c) Frying chicken for dinner.
(d) Making a cake for their father's birthday.

2. How old does Mama say Frannie was when she first started talking about Mr. Hungry?
(a) About three.
(b) About seven.
(c) About nine.
(d) About five.

3. Why does Frannie believe Samantha says this?
(a) Because she believes the boy was mean to Trevor.
(b) Because the boy pushed her.
(c) Because the boy said hello first.
(d) Because she knows the boy isn't Jesus.

4. What does Frannie say she would have asked if the new boy really had been Jesus?
(a) If Sean would find a girlfriend who wasn't deaf.
(b) If there would ever be another spring time.
(c) If Lila was okay.
(d) If she was going to Heaven.

5. What is Trevor doing when Frannie and the new boy are walking into the school?
(a) Sitting on the ground
(b) Leaning against the fence.
(c) Walking into the classroom.
(d) Making threatening gestures.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first thing Sean says to his mother when he gets home from school?

3. What does Frannie say was the point where the new boy proved he wasn't Jesus?

4. What does Frannie say she might do when she gets to the rec center?

5. What did Sean and Frannie share on the way home from the rec center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Samantha say about believing in something as she and Frannie are walking home together in chapter sixteen?

2. 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.

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 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?

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

7. What is the argument that happens between the new boy and Trevor that makes Trevor so angry?

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

9. Describe the scene on Saturday morning when Frannie and Sean first get out of bed.

10. What does Rayray say about no longer being afraid of Trevor after he swings at the new boy?

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