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

2. In "Flying Lessons," who does Santosh think the boy he meets looks like?
(a) Little Boy Blue.
(b) Romeo.
(c) Little Jack Horner.
(d) Hamlet.

3. In "How to Transform," what book did the narrator write a paper on?
(a) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(b) Great Expectations.
(c) The House on Mango Street.
(d) Huck Finn.

4. In "A Difficult Path," why does the pirate captain decide to allow the narrator to stay on board?
(a) The narrator threatens to jump overboard.
(b) The narrator can read.
(c) She feels sorry for the narrator.
(d) She realizes the narrator is actually her daughter.

5. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," how did the narrator wind up in a wheelchair?
(a) A car wreck.
(b) He was born that way.
(c) A fall while mountain climbing.
(d) A skiing accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the narrator's father always seem to say?

2. In "The Difficult Path," why is the narrator allowed to ride the donkey?

3. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," what was the name of the narrator's first crush?

4. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," who is doing Charlie's hair when Isaiah gets home from school?

5. In "A Difficult Path," why do the Lis finally allow the narrator to be tutored?

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