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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is it the reaction of the class when the new boy speaks?
2. What does Mama say when Frannie says that she feels as if the world is slipping away from her?
3. What time does Mama get up on Saturday?
4. What does Frannie draw on her paper after learning that Trevor was absent?
5. What is the name of the school Sean attends?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the game Sean and Frannie sometimes play about sounds and give one example of their game.
2. What is Frannie's reaction to the news that her mother is expecting another baby?
3. What does Frannie argue when Samantha says that Jesus might have chosen to come to Price at this time because there's a war going on?
4. What does Frannie note about Samantha's manners and what happens at the table to make her take note of them?
5. What does Frannie say about miracles and what is the miracle that happens in her own life?
6. How does Frannie describe the new boy's voice on his first morning in the class room, and why does the class react to it?
7. What does Frannie say about Trevor's appearance and what this means about his ethnicity?
8. What does Frannie say about how quickly she's growing up?
9. What are the scars on Frannie's hands, where did they come from and what does her mother do to them sometimes?
10. Describe what Frannie sees at the corner of North Conduit and Eastbay Road.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the various members of Frannie's family, including her parents and grandmother. Which family member is she closest to? Why? What is her relationship with the other members of the family?
Essay Topic 2
Frannie and Sean play a game in which one says a word and the other describes how that word sounds. How did this game come into being? Why is it important to both of them? Frannie says Sean is better at it than she. How can this be true considering that Sean doesn't hear sounds?
Essay Topic 3
What is the most important scene of the story? Why?
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