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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 "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," what subject is the quiz about?
(a) Fractions.
(b) The moon landing.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Mitosis.

2. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," where is Isaiah's father?
(a) He is lying in bed, refusing to get up.
(b) He has died.
(c) He is on a business trip to Atlanta.
(d) He left the family and moved to Chicago.

3. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what gets used as a trampoline?
(a) A blanket.
(b) The ground.
(c) A car hood.
(d) Mosquito netting.

4. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what is the narrator's nickname?
(a) Turtle Kid.
(b) Pee Wee.
(c) Little Bear.
(d) Peackock Feather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Main Street," where did the narrator's parents meet?

2. In "Main Street," what does Celeste's father do?

3. In "Main Street," what has the narrator lost?

4. In "A Difficult Path," what valuable treasure did the pirate captain take from a noble on a passenger ship?

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

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