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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. How does Samantha wear her hair on Wednesday?

2. What does Sean sign when Frannie gets in her mothers lap?

3. What does the new boy say he's going to do on Saturday?

4. What does Ms. Johnson do to make Rayray pay attention again?

5. Who is the singing star Frannie is in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation between Frannie and the new boy about where he might have learned to sign.

2. What is Frannie's response when Samantha asks why Frannie helped Trevor up?

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Samantha asks Frannie why she rushed to help Trevor up after he fell in the school yard. What is Samantha's response and what does she mean by this? Why is Frannie skeptical that this could really be Frannie's motivation? Is Frannie right?

Essay Topic 2

What is the most important scene of the story? Why?

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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