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 IV, "Anticipation," what makes Melissa (George) giggle frantically?
(a) Jeff trips over his own foot.
(b) Kelly has spaghetti stuck in her hair.
(c) The recess supervisor takes away Jeff's phone.
(d) Kelly says that Melissa does not actually want to be a girl.

2. Why does Melissa (George) hope that Mr. and Mrs. Williams do not move away?
(a) Because she will miss Kelly.
(b) Because Mr. Williams is the one who fixes her bike when it breaks down.
(c) Because a boy her age might move in.
(d) Because she earns money doing their yard work.

3. 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?
(a) Personification.
(b) Irony.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Imagery.

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

5. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," what bothers Melissa (George) about Kelly's reaction to her wanting to play Charlotte?
(a) Kelly acts like it is not a big deal.
(b) Kelly is jealous of Melissa's talent.
(c) Kelly just ignores her.
(d) Kelly says that Melissa is not talented enough to get the part.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 5, the narrator tells us that when the bathroom door rattles, "It was as if Scott were rattling George's heart inside her rib cage." This is an example of which technique?

2. In Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), what do readers learn that Melissa's (George's) mother is opposed to?

3. In Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," what good news does Kelly have for Melissa (George)?

4. At the beginning of Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," what makes Melissa cry in class?

5. In Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," what does the teacher tell Jeff and Rick?

(see the answer key)

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