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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 "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," what changes the narrator?
(a) A spider bite.
(b) A walk on the beach.
(c) A car wreck.
(d) A fairy godmother.

2. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what does the uncle say sitting Indian style means?
(a) Sitting with your legs crossed.
(b) Sitting quietly.
(c) Sitting in a chair.
(d) Sitting on a mountain.

3. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," what do the Choctaw call bigfoot?
(a) Man with big feet.
(b) Naloosha Chitto.
(c) Sasquatch.
(d) Bagonia Lassiter.

4. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," how does the game end?
(a) Their team loses 53-40.
(b) Their team loses 41-38.
(c) Their team wins 41-38.
(d) Their team loses 39-15.

5. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," how does the family escape from Bigfoot?
(a) They read signs while he follows the arrows.
(b) They climb up a rock face while he climbs up a tree.
(c) He throws a chair, but they throw a couch.
(d) They make a fire while he can only make smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what is the narrator's name?

2. In "Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push," what does the team vote to do after the game?

3. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," how does the narrator say you know you are with family?

4. In "Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," how old is the narrator?

5. In "Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," where does the uncle's story take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Choctaw Bigfoot," what is the narrator's attitude towards his uncle and the story he tells?

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

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

4. In "Flying Lessons," who does Santosh meet at the beach?

5. In "Flying Lessons," what does Santosh say is his "deal with the devil"?

6. How did the narrator get her nickname?

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

8. In "Main Street," how is it that Celeste came to live in Peterborough?

9. In "Seventy-Six Dollars," who is Lisa Castillo?

10. In "Main Street," what has happened to the narrator's mother?

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