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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," how does the game end?
(a) Their team loses 41-38.
(b) Their team loses 39-15.
(c) Their team loses 53-40.
(d) Their team wins 41-38.

2. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," how does the family escape from Bigfoot?
(a) They make a fire while he can only make smoke.
(b) They climb up a rock face while he climbs up a tree.
(c) He throws a chair, but they throw a couch.
(d) They read signs while he follows the arrows.

3. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," who is Mr. Falco?
(a) The school's librarian.
(b) The girls' soccer coach.
(c) Merci's father's boss.
(d) The school's guidance counselor.

4. In "Flying Lessons," who is Yamila?
(a) The boy at the beach's sister.
(b) One of Nani's old friends.
(c) Santosh's mother.
(d) The concierge.

5. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," what flavor ice cream reminds Isaiah of his father?
(a) Mint chocolate chip.
(b) French vanilla.
(c) Butter pecan.
(d) Dutch chocolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what is the name of the team they play?

2. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," who is Mr. Olley?

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

4. In "How to Transform," what grade did the narrator just finish?

5. In "The Difficult Path," what is the passage from Li Po about?

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