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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VII ("Time Drags When You're Miserable") and Chapter VII ("Some Jerk").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), how does Melissa (George) get to Kelly's house?
(a) Scott gives her a ride.
(b) She rides her bike.
(c) She walks.
(d) She takes a city bus.

2. In the beginning of Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," who does Melissa sit with at lunch on Thursday?
(a) Ms. Udell.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Maddy and Emma.
(d) Jeff and Rick.

3. Where did Melissa (George) get her copy of Girls' Life?
(a) Kelly gave it to her because she felt sorry for Melissa.
(b) She found it in a recycling bin at the library.
(c) Scott's girlfriend gave it to her because she was done with it.
(d) She stole it from the news stand near where her mother works.

4. In Chapter VI, "Taken," what eventually happens to the blue bag full of magazines?
(a) Melissa's mother gives them back to Melissa.
(b) Melissa's mother puts them in the trash.
(c) Melissa's mother takes it into her room.
(d) Melissa's mother burns them.

5. In Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," what does Scott ask Melissa?
(a) He asks why their mother is so upset.
(b) He asks if she is having a problem with her "girlfriend," Kelly.
(c) He asks if she is a girl.
(d) He asks why she decided not to audition for the play.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," how does Kelly treat Melissa?

2. When Melissa (George) is trying to hide her magazines from Scott in Chapter I, where does she stash them?

3. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," what does Ms. Udell announce after the lunchtime recess?

4. When Melissa is crying and readers are told that one of her teardrops "spread into a spiderweb on the page," (12), what technique is being used?

5. In Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," how does Melissa react to her mom's cold behavior?

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