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

2. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Merci plan to do when she grows up?
(a) Take over the painting business.
(b) Be a doctor.
(c) Work in construction.
(d) Become a lawyer.

3. 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) She feels sorry for the narrator.
(c) The narrator can read.
(d) She realizes the narrator is actually her daughter.

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," how does the narrator prove what he can do to Herve?
(a) He makes astounding calculations.
(b) He gets their teacher to cancel a quiz.
(c) He wins the big game.
(d) He gets his father to show up suddenly.

5. In "Flying Lessons," what does the grandmother say you can do in Europe?
(a) Cry.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Swim.
(d) Stare.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," how old is Isaiah's little sister?

2. In "Main Street," How did Celeste come to live in the town of Peterborough?

3. In "Secret Samantha," where is the new girl from?

4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," who is Mr. Falco?

5. In "Secret Samantha," what does Blade do with the shoelaces when Samantha gives them to her?

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