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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Main Street," what is the narrator's nickname?
(a) Treetop.
(b) Monkey.
(c) Flower.
(d) Sparkles.

2. In "Flying Lessons," how many brothers does Santosh have?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) None.

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

4. In "Main Street," what does Celeste tell the narrator she should never do?
(a) Come to her house without calling first.
(b) Touch her hair.
(c) Punch her arm.
(d) Walk alone at night.

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

6. In "Flying Lessons," who is the boy at the beach with?
(a) His mother.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His brother.
(d) His sister.

7. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," why is the narrator writing it?
(a) A girl has asked him to.
(b) It is a memoir for his English class.
(c) He is in jail and has nothing else to do.
(d) His mother has asked him to.

8. What is the setting for "Main Street"?
(a) New York.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Wyoming.

9. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," how much is the team down at half time?
(a) 8 points.
(b) 2 points.
(c) 14 points.
(d) 20 points.

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

11. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the narrator's father always seem to say?
(a) No way.
(b) Yeah, Yeah.
(c) Grumpa-Grumpa.
(d) Up to you.

12. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what is the name of the team they play?
(a) The Pistons.
(b) The Clippers.
(c) The Celtics.
(d) The Jets.

13. In "Flying Lessons," what is one of the things the boy at the beach likes to do?
(a) Play soccer.
(b) Hike mountains.
(c) Ride bikes.
(d) Fly kites.

14. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what keeps the family in the story from being injured?
(a) Airbags.
(b) The fog.
(c) Parachutes.
(d) Blankets.

15. In "Flying Lessons," why does the grandmother have Santosh tell the boy he will see him the next day?
(a) Because she needs a good excuse to get away.
(b) To show he cares about him.
(c) Because they have decided to stay an extra week.
(d) So he will have something to look forward to.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the team vote to do after the game?

2. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what message does the narrator get at school?

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

4. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what can the narrator's father not do well?

5. In "Flying Lessons," what does Santosh's grandmother keep doing to him?

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