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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 "The Difficult Path," what is the name of the most fearsome pirates?
(a) The Blue Horizon.
(b) The Sand Crawlers.
(c) The Red Flag Fleet.
(d) Blackbeard's Men.

2. In "Secret Samantha," what does Miss Lee tell the class they must become instead of Chistmas elves?
(a) Gnomes.
(b) Dwarfs.
(c) Ninjas.
(d) Monsters.

3. In "How to Transform,"what does Dante tell the narrator to do?
(a) Run laps.
(b) Play harder.
(c) Call his father.
(d) Leave the gym.

4. In "How to Transform," what does the narrator decided to do after two weeks at the gym?
(a) Challenge Dante.
(b) Pay a team captain to let him play.
(c) Quit going to the gym.
(d) Invite his father to the gym.

5. In "Secret Samantha," what does Blade do with the shoelaces when Samantha gives them to her?
(a) Gives them away to someone else.
(b) Swings them around her head.
(c) Puts them in her boots.
(d) Ties one around each of their wrists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What town do Merci and Roli live in in "Sol Painting, Inc."?

2. In "Secret Samantha," what surprising thing does Samantha's mother say to her when she comes to the school?

3. In "Secret Samantha," which present does Samantha decide to give to Blade first?

4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what is Merci's father getting in exchange for painting the school?

5. In "The Difficult Path," why is the narrator allowed to ride the donkey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the relationship between Isaiah and Charlie in "The Beans and Rice Chronicles."

3. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what do Merci's business cards look like?

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

5. In "Secret Samantha," how and why must Secret Santa change?

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

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

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

9. In "How to Transform," how does the narrator finally get into his first game?

10. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles," what happens between Isaiah and Mrs. Fisher?

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