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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter III ("Acting Is Just Pretend") and Chapter IV ("Anticipation").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," what are readers told that Kelly smells like?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Baby powder and lilac.
(c) Pencil shavings and oranges.
(d) Goldfish crackers.

2. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," Kelly uses the expression "al dente." What does this expression translate as?
(a) Quickly.
(b) In front of.
(c) Dented.
(d) To the tooth.

3. In Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), what does Kelly say was once true about the theater?
(a) Sometimes whole productions were done where all of the men played women and all of the women played men.
(b) Women were not allowed in the audience.
(c) It was illegal for a person to act as a different gender.
(d) All roles, male and female, were played by men.

4. What phrase do the girls always use to say good-bye?
(a) Later, Alligator.
(b) Bye now, purple cow.
(c) Ice cream at my place?
(d) One-two-three...zoot.

5. Which is the best description of Kelly's room?
(a) Nearly bare.
(b) Not at all reflective of Kelly's personality.
(c) Surprisingly fancy and luxurious.
(d) A huge contrast to the main room.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter III, "Acting Is Just Pretend," what does Melissa's (George's) mother give her before bed?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Who are Mr. Zuckerman and Mr. Arable?

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

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