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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," why does the pirate captain decide to allow the narrator to stay on board?
(a) The narrator threatens to jump overboard.
(b) She feels sorry for the narrator.
(c) The narrator can read.
(d) She realizes the narrator is actually her daughter.

2. In "Secret Samantha," what does Samantha say are "pretty wicked"?
(a) Blade's boots.
(b) Blade's fingernails.
(c) Miss Lee's outfits.
(d) Blade's knives.

3. In "How to Transform," what does Slim offer to buy the narrator?
(a) A basketball.
(b) A hot dog and a Coke.
(c) A box of popcorn.
(d) A gym membership.

4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," where does Merci go after she gets done working with her father?
(a) The gym.
(b) McDonalds.
(c) Her room.
(d) The pool.

5. In "A Difficult Path," why do the Lis finally allow the narrator to be tutored?
(a) Their incense refuses to light.
(b) They want her to be educated before she marries their son.
(c) The tutor offers to teach her for half price.
(d) A ghost comes to Mrs. Li and insists she be taught to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," what makes Charlie laugh when Isaiah makes waffles?

2. In "Secret Samantha," what does Miss Lee tell the class they must become instead of Chistmas elves?

3. In "How to Transform," when the narrator finally gets into a game, who is he supposed to guard?

4. In "How to Transform," the first time the narrator plays well, what happens?

5. In "How to Transform," what grades is the narrator getting for the year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," who is Mr. Shephard?

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

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

5. In "The Difficult Path," what is Li Po's poem "The Difficult Path" about, and why is the poem significant to the story?

6. In "How to Transform," why does the narrator want to go to the gym in Balboa in the first place?

7. Explain why Tianyi in "The Difficult Path" insists that Bisi is "too plain" to trade to other pirates.

8. In "The Difficult Path," how does Lingsi feel about the donkey ride she takes to the temple and what she sees along the way?

9. In "How to Transform," what role does the narrator's Mexican heritage play in the story?

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

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