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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how does Roli change the rules of the game Operation?
(a) He takes the battery out of the game so it will not buzz.
(b) He insists they use the technical names for all the body parts.
(c) He replaces the game's tweezers with a real set of tweezers.
(d) He makes them pick up the body parts blindfolded.

2. What is unusual about how "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents" is told?
(a) It is told as a tall tale by the narrator's uncle.
(b) It is told in verse.
(c) It is a love letter written to a girl.
(d) It uses pictures, no words.

3. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what gets used as a trampoline?
(a) A blanket.
(b) Mosquito netting.
(c) The ground.
(d) A car hood.

4. In "Main Street," what does Celeste tell the narrator she should never do?
(a) Come to her house without calling first.
(b) Punch her arm.
(c) Touch her hair.
(d) Walk alone at night.

5. In "The Difficult Path," what is the passage from Li Po about?
(a) The forest.
(b) War.
(c) A great storm.
(d) The ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what does the uncle say is the reason he knows so much about Bigfoot?

2. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what keeps the family in the story from being injured?

3. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what does the uncle say sitting Indian style means?

4. In "How to Transform," what kind of car does the narrator's father drive?

5. In "How to Transform," what does the narrator do each day before the gym opens?

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