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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. Where is Frannie's dad when she gets up?

2. Who waves back when the new boy waves at Frannie?

3. What was Mama doing when she heard the news about the draft lottery?

4. What does Ms. Johnson say about writer's block?

5. What kind of business is on one side of the church where Samantha's family attends?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Frannie's response when Samantha says that Rayray was right when he said Jesus would not come to Price School?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

When Trevor is picking on the new boy about being white, the boy counters, saying that Trevor obviously has a white father who lives on the other side of the highway. Was the new boy right to strike Trevor in a way that was so hurtful? Why or why not?

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