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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Juli's father do in his free time?
(a) Kayaks.
(b) Plays his harmonica.
(c) Runs in marathons.
(d) Paints.

2. What happens in Bryce's life in 7th grade?
(a) He goes to live with his grandparents for a little while.
(b) He breaks his leg.
(c) Some unexpected changes.
(d) He gets on the school soccer team.

3. What does Juli think is neighborly to do when Bryce's family moves in?
(a) Bake them some cookies.
(b) Show Bryce all her secret hiding places.
(c) Help them unload.
(d) Take them a new kitten she found.

4. About what does Patsy compliment her father?
(a) For tolerating his son-in-law so well.
(b) For helping to improve the appearance of the neighborhood.
(c) For working through his grief and starting to do things again.
(d) For helping Bryce accept responsibility for his mistakes.

5. Why do Bryce's grades go up one year?
(a) He decides to get serious about studying.
(b) He sits next to Juli and cheats off her paper.
(c) The material becomes more interesting to Bryce.
(d) Bryce's father bribes him to improve his grades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryce's father insist Bryce do?

2. What does Bryce's grandfather say about one's character?

3. What happens at the first time Bryce walks into the classroom?

4. How does Juli act towards Bryce?

5. What does Juli's father ask her one day that upsets her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of student is Juli?

2. How do the Bakers get a dog?

3. Why does Juli take her chicken eggs to school and what does she do with them after they hatch?

4. Where do the kids wait for the bus and what does Juli do one day for Bryce while waiting for the bus?

5. What does Bryce's grandfather point out about Juli in the newspaper?

6. How does Juli end up selling eggs, and why does she give eggs to Mrs. Loski?

7. When and why does Juli get involved raising chickens?

8. What does Bryce observe Juli doing and what does he want to do?

9. What happens the day Bryce starts second grade?

10. What does Juli continue to do throughout grade school and how does she excuse Bryce's indifference?

(see the answer keys)

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