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

2. What is unusual about how "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents" is told?
(a) It uses pictures, no words.
(b) It is a love letter written to a girl.
(c) It is told in verse.
(d) It is told as a tall tale by the narrator's uncle.

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

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," what was the name of the narrator's first crush?
(a) Melissa Williams.
(b) Lisa Castillo.
(c) Julie Anders.
(d) Margaret Mason.

5. In "Main Street," why is the mother allowed to curse but the narrator is not, according to the narrator's father?
(a) Her mother is angry at her father.
(b) Her mother is in pain.
(c) Her mother is an adult.
(d) Her mother has gone insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," what changes the narrator?

2. In "Flying Lessons," what is the name of the boy Santosh meets on the beach?

3. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the narrator's dad teach the team?

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," why is the narrator writing it?

5. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what else does the narrator's father teach the team?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the narrator get her nickname?

2. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," what does the narrator's mother tell him about his uncle?

3. In "Flying Lessons," why has the grandmother brought Santosh to Europe?

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," how does Monk convince Herve that he has superpowers?

5. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," how does the story climax and eventually end?

6. In "Main Street," why does the narrator lose her old friends once Celeste arrives?

7. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," why does the narrator's dad always seem so quiet?

8. How are the Choctaw involved in "Choctaw Bigfoot"?

9. Describe the game against the Clippers in "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push."

10. How does Nani manage to introduce Santosh and Tomas?

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