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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. Who is Ms. Udell?
(a) The school secretary.
(b) Melissa's fourth grade teacher.
(c) Kelly's mother.
(d) The teacher of the other fourth grade classroom.

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

3. In Chapter X, "Transformations," Ms. Udell is described as struggling to "wrangle" her students (144). What is Ms. Udell having a hard time doing?
(a) Teach them.
(b) Like them.
(c) Control them.
(d) Dismiss them.

4. In Chapter X, "Transformations," what does Melissa do when she is pulled out in front of the clapping audience?
(a) Stare hard at her mother.
(b) Pull Kelly over to stand at her side.
(c) Curtsy.
(d) Blush and begin to cry.

5. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," what project is the stage crew working on?
(a) The props.
(b) The costumes.
(c) The backdrop.
(d) The music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Super Special Surprise" ?

2. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," what does Ms. Udell say to anyone who is focused on the play instead of on their work during the morning?

3. In the beginning of the novel, what is the first thing that Melissa (George) does when she gets home?

4. In Chapter X, "Transformations," how do Melissa's classmates react to her surprise performance?

5. In Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," what function does the repetition of the word "dragged" serve in the first paragraph?

(see the answer key)

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