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

2. In "Secret Samantha," what does Samantha use to recreate the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon she already used?
(a) An orange thumb-print smear from Henry.
(b) A piece of orange construction paper.
(c) A yellow post-it note.
(d) Pieces of a pink purse she has cut up.

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

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

5. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what does the uncle say is the reason he knows so much about Bigfoot?
(a) Because he learned to read before he learned to tie his own shoelaces.
(b) Because he is part Choctaw.
(c) Because he once met Bigfoot.
(d) Because his mother read to him as a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Merci get so angry at her father?

2. In "Secret Samantha," what does Samantha get from her Secret Santa?

3. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Papi buy Merci to try and cheer her up?

4. In "Secret Samantha," what does Samantha spot in her mother's purse?

5. What does the narrator of "How to Transform" say he learned in the end?

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