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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," how does the narrator say you know you are with family?
(a) No one can get along.
(b) The can just look at each other and know what they are thinking.
(c) The all wear the same kinds of clothes.
(d) They laugh at the same jokes.

2. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," who is Mr. Olley?
(a) The narrator's father's best friend.
(b) The school principal.
(c) The narrator's English teacher.
(d) The narrator's science teacher.

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

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

5. In "Main Street," what has the narrator lost?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her teddy bear.
(d) Her bike.

6. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," what does Angel keep thinking she needs to do?
(a) Hit the narrator.
(b) Kiss the narrator.
(c) Run away.
(d) Pee.

7. In "Main Street," how did the narrator get her nickname?
(a) It is connected to what happens to her mother.
(b) Her father told her it was where babies came from.
(c) It is her mother's favorite thing.
(d) She loves to climb trees.

8. In "Main Street," what did Celeste's mother do in New York?
(a) She was a model.
(b) She was a doctor.
(c) She was a school teacher.
(d) She was a dancer.

9. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what does the narrator say is the reason the uncle knows so much about Bigfoot?
(a) Because he is Choctaw.
(b) Because he spent so much time with the Choctaw.
(c) Because his mother read to him as a child.
(d) Because he once met Bigfoot.

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

11. In "Flying Lessons," why does Nani take Santosh on the trip in the first place?
(a) His parents do not want him around in the summer.
(b) He needs to know more about history.
(c) He wins too many awards.
(d) She is lonely.

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

13. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what is the name of the family in the uncle's story?
(a) Flaherty.
(b) Chukma.
(c) Collins.
(d) McGuffin.

14. In "Flying Lessons," how does the narrator know his grandmother is not going to swim at the beach?
(a) She is wearing a fur coat.
(b) She is wearing high heels.
(c) She told him she was not.
(d) She had a big lunch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Flying Lessons," what does Nani do to introduce Santosh to the boy at the beach?

2. In "Flying Lessons," who does Santosh think the boy he meets looks like?

3. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what is the narrator's name?

4. What is the setting for "Main Street"?

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

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