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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 is Sean wearing when he joins Mama and Frannie?
(a) Jeans and a t-shirt.
(b) Shorts.
(c) Blue pajamas.
(d) Shorts and a tank top.

2. What does Samantha answer when Frannie asks if she believes spring will ever come?
(a) She says she doesn't believe it will.
(b) She simply nods.
(c) That it always has before.
(d) That she hopes it's soon.

3. What does Frannie say when her mother tells her to go wash her hands before mashing the potatoes?
(a) That she doesn't want to.
(b) That she already did.
(c) That she had on gloves.
(d) That she'll do it now.

4. 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.

5. What does Samantha say to the new boy when he comes running up to them?
(a) What's your problem.
(b) Why were you mean to Trevor.
(c) Hey yourself.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Trevor up after he falls?

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

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

4. How many girls are in the group when one girl begins talking to Sean?

5. How deep is the snow on the ground as Franni and Samantha walk home in chapter sixteen?

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

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

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

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 one fight Frannie says she's had.

9. 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.

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

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