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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. Why did Frannie start school a month late one year?

2. What is the name of the school Sean attends?

3. What is the name of Frannie's school?

4. What color are the pants the new boy is wearing?

5. Who does Frannie sit down across from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Frannie sees at the corner of North Conduit and Eastbay Road.

2. Describe the conversation between Frannie and the girls who are watching Sean play basketball.

3. Why does Frannie sit down near Maribel and what does she think about Maribel?

4. How was Trevor injured?

5. What does Frannie say about the new boy's appearance as he looks around the room?

6. What does Frannie say about miracles and what is the miracle that happens in her own life?

7. What are some of the things Frannie says she would ask Jesus if she met Him?

8. What did Frannie's parents begin doing after Lila's death and what is the significance of this action?

9. What does Frannie note about Samantha's manners and what happens at the table to make her take note of them?

10. What does Frannie discover when the new boy's father walks into the rec center and what are the reactions of Frannie and Trevor.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frannie says that Sean taught her to speak and that she grew up "in his world of words." How might Frannie's life have been different without Sean's influence? Would her life have been better? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the poem that Frannie likes about hope and feathers. What is Trevor's interpretation of the poem? What is Frannie's mom's interpretation? What is Frannie's interpretation? Which do you believe to be correct? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What is the reaction of the class when the new boy first arrives? Why do they react in this way? What happens to make him become more accepted?

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