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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's reaction when she heard that there was going to be a draft lottery to get more boys to serve in the military?
(a) She sits down and begins to pray.
(b) She turns off the radio.
(c) She kissed both of Sean's ears.
(d) She keeps cooking but starts to cry.

2. Who waves back when the new boy waves at Frannie?
(a) Maribel.
(b) Samantha.
(c) Frannie.
(d) All three girls.

3. What does Samantha do when she realizes Frannie sees the hole in her mitten?
(a) Puts her hand in her pocket.
(b) Blushes.
(c) Says she wonders how it happened.
(d) Says she tore it on the fence at school.

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

5. What does Frannie say about the baby of the family?
(a) That she's still the baby for a little while longer.
(b) That there should be many more babies .
(c) That there shouldn't be another baby.
(d) That the new baby will be a welcome change to the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of store had been in the building that is now the church where Samantha's family attends?

2. How old does the new boy say he is when he's adopted?

3. What happens just as Frannie and the new boy enter the school building?

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

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. What does Frannie decide to write about and what is her opening sentence?

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. Describe what happens when Trevor begins harassing the new boy again on Monday.

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

(see the answer keys)

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