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

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

3. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what does Papi buy Merci to try and cheer her up?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A chocolate shake.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) Her own ladder.

4. In "A Difficult Path," what is Fudong doing during their last lesson?
(a) Reading.
(b) Refusing to respect the teacher.
(c) Pulling the legs off crickets.
(d) Daydreaming.

5. In "How to Transform," what book did the narrator write a paper on?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) The House on Mango Street.
(d) Huck Finn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," what is the name of Roli's school?

2. In "A Difficult Path," what valuable treasure did the pirate captain take from a noble on a passenger ship?

3. In "The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn," what is in the father's notebooks?

4. In "Secret Samantha," what does Samantha use to help her decide which gift to give Blade?

5. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how old is Merci?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Secret Samantha," how does Blade respond to the gift of the shoelaces?

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

3. How does "How to Transform" end, and what has the narrator learned by the end?

4. In "Sol Painting, Inc.," how does the girls' soccer team act in trying to get into the gym?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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