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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter IX ("Dinner at Arnie's") and Chapter X ("Transformations").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter X, "Transformations," what does Melissa do to relax herself on the car ride to the evening performance of Charlotte's Web?
(a) Counts telephone polls.
(b) Rehearses her lines.
(c) Talks to her mother.
(d) Plays a game on her phone.

2. On page 93 of Chapter VI, "Taken," what is Melissa's (George's) mother's first question when she confronts Melissa about the magazines?
(a) "Are you dressing in my clothes?"
(b) "Did you steal them?"
(c) "Are these mine?"
(d) "Are you gay?"

3. In Chapter X, "Transformations," what is Melissa looking for as she says Charlotte's last words?
(a) A quick way off of the ladder and out of the auditorium.
(b) Jeff and Rick.
(c) The reactions of both the audience and her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. In Chapter VI, "Taken," Rick starts saying mean things about Melissa's (George's) audition; what does Jeff say when he chimes in?
(a) That Melissa is as disgusting as a spider.
(b) That Melissa is a cry-baby.
(c) That Melissa probably accidentally read Charlotte's part, because "he's" a girl.
(d) That Melissa is too dumb to read Charlotte's part.

5. In Chapter IX, "Dinner at Arnie's," what does Kelly jokingly suggest Melissa will use as a defense against bullies?
(a) A machine gun.
(b) Punching them.
(c) Throwing up on them.
(d) Pretending to be Charlotte.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of Melissa's (George's) school?

2. What does Melissa (George) try to tell Kelly in Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend")?

3. On page 90 of Chapter VI, "Taken," Melissa (George) stands still, and "The hairs on her arms stood straight up, and the back of her neck tingled." What emotion is Gino depicting, here?

4. In Chapter X, "Transformations," Ms. Udell is described as struggling to "wrangle" her students (144). What is Ms. Udell having a hard time doing?

5. On page 56 of Chapter IV, "Anticipation," readers are told that one character is "a short, wrinkly prune of a woman with poofy gray hair." What technique is being used, here?

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