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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 happens just as Frannie and the new boy enter the school building?
(a) The principal steps into the hall.
(b) The bell rings.
(c) Rayray starts to dance.
(d) Trevor rushes past.

2. What does Frannie feel while she's sitting in Mama's lap?
(a) A foot kick at her.
(b) The fear that something will happen to the baby.
(c) The fear that something will happen to Mama.
(d) The fear of the coming changes.

3. Where does the new boy say everyone can find the truth?
(a) In their hearts.
(b) In chuch.
(c) In books.
(d) In school.

4. Why does the new boy say part of him wants to hit Trevor?
(a) Because it gives him a sense of power.
(b) Because he's so angry.
(c) He doesn't say that.
(d) Because he can and kids would cheer.

5. How many girls are in the group when one girl begins talking to Sean?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's Maribel's reaction when Ms. Johnson tells her to stop looking out the window?

2. What does Rayray say when he comes up to Frannie and the new boy after Trevor has fallen in the snow?

3. What are the smells Frannie associates with her grandmother?

4. What was Mama's reaction when she heard that there was going to be a draft lottery to get more boys to serve in the military?

5. How old does Mama say Frannie was when she first started talking about Mr. Hungry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frannie mean when she says "Mr. Hungry is here?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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