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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 does Samantha say she dreamed about the previous night?

2. Why do Frannie and Samantha walk so slowly on the way home that day?

3. How old does Mama say Frannie was when she first started talking about Mr. Hungry?

4. What does Frannie do when the new boy holds the door open for her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what had happened when Frannie was at Samantha's for dinner and asked for chicken.

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. Describe the one fight Frannie says she's had.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Sean? What is he like? What are his challenges? How does he face these?

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

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?

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