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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Difficult Path," what is unusual about the pirate ship's captain?
(a) She is still a child.
(b) She is a woman.
(c) She has red hair.
(d) She is American.

2. Why does Merci get so angry at her father?
(a) For making her work all summer painting.
(b) For insisting she keep up with her summer reading.
(c) For refusing to let her go to the same school as Roli.
(d) For not standing up to the girls's soccer team.

3. In "Secret Samantha," who is Samantha's best friend?
(a) Kyle.
(b) J.J.
(c) Henry.
(d) Reagan.

4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what are the school's colors, which Merci, her father, and Roli are painting the gym?
(a) Blue and silver.
(b) Red and gray.
(c) Purple and yellow.
(d) Orange and blue.

5. In "How to Transform," what does the narrator do each day before the gym opens?
(a) Shoot baskets at a hoop outside the gym.
(b) Practice dribbing outside the gym.
(c) Sleep in the car.
(d) Have breakfast at a Dunkin Donuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Merci plan to do when she grows up?

2. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," what mushy fruit does Charlie insist on eating?

3. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," who is doing Charlie's hair when Isaiah gets home from school?

4. In "The Difficult Path," who will marry FuDing if a match cannot be found?

5. In "How to Transform," what does the narrator decided to do after two weeks at the gym?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what happens involving Dona Rosa?

2. In "The Difficult Path," how is it that Lingsi finally learns to read?

3. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," who is Miz Rita?

4. In "Secret Samantha," what is being said about Blade during her first day at the new school?

5. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how does Roli act when they are at the school, and what does his behavior reveal?

6. In "How to Transform," why does the narrator decide to give up going to the gym, and what happens when he does?

7. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Merci plan to do when she grows up?

8. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," how does the relationship between Isaiah and his mother erupt?

9. Explain why Lingsi in "The Difficult Path" may have to marry FuDing.

10. In "How to Transform," what kind of student is the narrator?

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