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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 "How to Transform," what advice does Dante give the narrator?
(a) Find the "baddest dude" in the gym and challenge him (19).
(b) Play harder on defense than on offense.
(c) Try to become a coach as soon as possible so he can be in charge.
(d) Take a long shot as soon as he steps on the court to show how well he can shoot.

2. In "Main Street," what did Celeste's mother do in New York?
(a) She was a doctor.
(b) She was a school teacher.
(c) She was a dancer.
(d) She was a model.

3. In "Flying Lessons," what is wrong with the first beach they go to?
(a) It is a nude beach.
(b) It is fully of litter.
(c) It is completely empty.
(d) Everyone there has a dog but Santosh.

4. In "How to Transform," what grade did the narrator just finish?
(a) 6th
(b) 10th
(c) 9th.
(d) 8th.

5. What town do Merci and Roli live in in "Sol Painting, Inc."?
(a) Miami.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) West Palm Beach.
(d) Dayton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Main Street," how long have the narrator's parents been together?

2. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what is the name of the family in the uncle's story?

3. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what gets used as a trampoline?

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," what does the narrator claim as his prize?

5. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Merci plan to do when she grows up?

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