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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. Who helps Trevor up after he falls?

2. How does Samantha wear her hair on Wednesday?

3. What does Frannie say she might do when she gets to the rec center?

4. What's for lunch on Wednesday?

5. How old does the new boy say he is when he's adopted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Frannie decide to write about and what is her opening sentence?

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

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

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

Sean says that he would like to live in a world where every window had a bridge to somewhere else. What does he mean by this? Why does he say he'd be willing to be the first to cross? Would you be willing to be the first?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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