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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hope call Tamaya a "Goody Two-shoes" (5)?
(a) Tamaya worries that they will be late to class after lunch.
(b) Tamaya reminds Chad that going into the woods is against the rules.
(c) Tamaya is intelligent and cares about getting good grades.
(d) Tamaya tells the boys that they should chew with their mouths closed.

2. How much time does it take for an ergonym to reproduce?
(a) 36 minutes.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 2 and 20 minutes.
(d) 8 hours and 14 minutes.

3. What does Tamaya do when she gets home that makes her feel "the way a murderer felt after he succeeded in destroying all the evidence" (42)?
(a) Bandage her scraped knees.
(b) Text Marshall to remind him to keep their secret.
(c) Take a shower,
(d) Wash her clothes.

4. What does Tamaya realize about her hands at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) They are blue.
(b) They are tingling.
(c) They are covered in bumps.
(d) They are numb.

5. While the class is writing in their journals, what does Hope notice about Tamaya?
(a) She has a hole in her sweater.
(b) Her backpack has leaves stuck in the strap.
(c) She has a Band-aid on her knee.
(d) Her arm is bruised.

6. How does Tamaya's school uniform usually make her feel?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Proud.
(c) Amused.
(d) Trapped.

7. In Chapter 8, what seems to confuse the senators about Biolene?
(a) How living organisms can be converted to fuel.
(b) How it is possible to make the number of ergonyms required.
(c) What purpose there is in replacing gasoline with another fuel source.
(d) What the eventual cost per gallon of Biolene will end up being.

8. What is Marshall's best subject in school?
(a) French.
(b) Science.
(c) Language arts.
(d) Math.

9. Why does Marshall keep looking at the classroom door in Chapter 15?
(a) He keeps hearing a strange sound coming from behind it.
(b) He is thinking about leaving.
(c) He expects Chad to come through it.
(d) He is waiting for his mom to bring his lunch.

10. Who is the author of Fuzzy Mud?
(a) Cece Bell.
(b) John Boyne.
(c) Louis Sachar.
(d) Sharon M. Draper.

11. What is the name of the school that Tamaya goes to?
(a) The William Heath School.
(b) Woodridge Academy.
(c) Mount Holly Academy.
(d) The Springhill School.

12. When her mother first suggests it, why does Tamaya not want to go to the doctor in the morning?
(a) She does not want to miss school.
(b) She is afraid of doctors.
(c) She does not want to have to explain about the mud.
(d) She thinks it is silly to see a doctor for a little rash.

13. Why does Tamaya wake up at 7:08 every morning?
(a) 708 is the number of the house her family lived in before the divorce.
(b) 708 is her locker number at Woodridge Academy.
(c) Seven and eight are her and Monica's favorite numbers.
(d) Seventy and eight are the chapter and verse numbers of her favorite Bible quote.

14. On page 9, one of the senators refers to a scientist as "eccentric"--what kind of a person does this word describe?
(a) Generous in surprising and unexpected ways.
(b) Angry and suspicious of others.
(c) Dedicated to the point of being obsessed.
(d) Unusual in amusing or harmless ways.

15. What does Tamaya's mother's question about Tamaya's report show about Tamaya's mother?
(a) She is nosy about the small details of Tamaya's life and is trying to control her.
(b) She pays attention to Tamaya's school work and appreciates how hard Tamaya works.
(c) She feels like she has to ask, but really she is tired of reminding Tamaya about the importance of school work.
(d) She suspects that Tamaya is not being treated fairly at school and wants to help her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chad claim the wolf dogs do for the being Chad says he encountered in the woods?

2. Where does Tamaya remember sitting to read in her fourth grade classroom?

3. What seems to be Marc Hubbard's main objection to the product that SunRay Farms makes?

4. Why is Tamaya unable to finish writing her journal entry in Ms. Filber's class?

5. What do the students call the area of the school where the seventh grade classes are held?

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