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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 does Frannie say she might do when she gets to the rec center?
(a) Look for new graffiti.
(b) All the above.
(c) Beat the new boy at pinball.
(d) Think of evil things to say to the hearing girls.

2. What is Rayray doing while Ms. Johnson is talking about writing a story?
(a) Reading a comic book.
(b) Writing.
(c) Looking out the window.
(d) Scratching his name into his desk.

3. What does the new boy say he can remember about his adoption?
(a) That he was glad to leave his foster home.
(b) That he cried when they took him.
(c) Only that his father was very strong.
(d) Nothing.

4. What is the first thing Sean says to his mother when he gets home from school?
(a) What did the doctor say?
(b) What's for dinner?
(c) Why are you up?
(d) Can I help?

5. What is the question Samantha says she's been wanting to ask Frannie?
(a) Why she doesn't like Maribel.
(b) Why she helped Trevor get up.
(c) Why she sometimes signs to herself.
(d) Why she's been hanging around with the new boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shoes does Maribel have on?

2. What is the picture Frannie is looking at while she's talking to Samantha on the telephone?

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

4. What is Sean's reaction when a girl asks his name?

5. Where does Frannie sit when her grandmother sits on the couch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frannie think she might do on the Saturday she's planning to go to the rec center, and why does she hope Samantha might go with her?

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

3. What does Frannie say about her mother's rule regarding sugar and what does she do to break that rule? What are the consequences?

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

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

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

7. Describe the conversation between Samantha and Frannie when Samantha tells Frannie about her dream.

8. What does the new boy ask when Ms. Johnson tells the class to write about an important day in their lives?

9. What is Frannie's response when Samantha says that Rayray was right when he said Jesus would not come to Price School?

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

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