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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about how "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents" is told?
(a) It uses pictures, no words.
(b) It is told as a tall tale by the narrator's uncle.
(c) It is a love letter written to a girl.
(d) It is told in verse.

2. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," who are the Bohpoli?
(a) Spanish missionaries.
(b) The Choctaw police.
(c) Bigfoot's family.
(d) The Choctaw little people.

3. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what can the narrator's father not do well?
(a) Dunk.
(b) Dial a phone.
(c) Dance.
(d) Use a wheelchair.

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

5. In "Main Street," what surprises the narrator about the snow plow?
(a) Its bright colors.
(b) How silent it is.
(c) That it seems to have gotten lost.
(d) How enormous it is.

6. In "Main Street," Celeste tells the narrator Peterborough is what kind of place?
(a) A lost piece of history.
(b) The pit of Hell.
(c) A fairy wonderland.
(d) A negro-free zone.

7. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the team vote to do after the game?
(a) To disband.
(b) To go for pizza.
(c) To become an actual team.
(d) To make the narrator's dad a coach.

8. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the narrator's father do now?
(a) He is a personal trainer.
(b) He is in IT.
(c) He is an accountant.
(d) He is a pharmacist.

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

10. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does Mr. Evans ask the narrator?
(a) To take a meal to his sister, Sarah.
(b) To join a wheelchair basketball team.
(c) To start coming to church more often.
(d) To study harder for his math classes.

11. In "Main Street," what treat does Celeste like?
(a) Egg creams.
(b) Apple tarts.
(c) Chocolate donuts.
(d) Strawberry cupcakes.

12. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what is the narrator's name?
(a) Brad.
(b) Chris.
(c) Michael.
(d) Carter.

13. In "Main Street," How did Celeste come to live in the town of Peterborough?
(a) She followed his father when he moved to the town.
(b) Her mother was visiting the town and fell in love with it.
(c) Her Aunt Dicey grew up in the town and is taking her to visit.
(d) She has come to the town to live her grandmother.

14. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," how old is the narrator?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

15. In "Flying Lessons," what is the name of the boy Santosh meets on the beach?
(a) Tomas.
(b) Herve.
(c) Lucas.
(d) Diego.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what else does the narrator's father teach the team?

3. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what does the uncle say sitting Indian style means?

4. In "Main Street," what instrument does Celeste play?

5. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," who is Angel Carter?

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