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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. Why does Merci get so angry at her father?
(a) For not standing up to the girls's soccer team.
(b) For refusing to let her go to the same school as Roli.
(c) For insisting she keep up with her summer reading.
(d) For making her work all summer painting.

2. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how old is Merci?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what is the name of the team they play?
(a) The Celtics.
(b) The Pistons.
(c) The Clippers.
(d) The Jets.

4. In "A Difficult Path," why does the Li family travel to the Infinite Stream temple?
(a) To pray for a wife for their son Fudong.
(b) To convince the abbot to serve as matchmaker for Fudong.
(c) Because it is near the ocean and they will be taking a sea journey.
(d) To sell the narrator to the monks there.

5. In "The Difficult Path," what is the name of the most fearsome pirates?
(a) The Blue Horizon.
(b) Blackbeard's Men.
(c) The Red Flag Fleet.
(d) The Sand Crawlers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Main Street," what is the narrator's nickname?

2. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the narrator's mom do?

3. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," what bad habit does Charlie have?

4. In "Flying Lessons," how old is the boy Santosh meets?

5. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," what happens when Isaiah tells Mrs. Fisher her breath stinks?

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