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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapter XI ("Invitations") and Chapter XII ("Melissa Goes to the Zoo").

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Personification.
(b) Simile.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metaphor.

2. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," how does Melissa respond after she is punched?
(a) She tells a teacher.
(b) She punches back.
(c) She cries.
(d) She throws up.

3. In Chapter V, "Auditions," what happens when Melissa (George) throws her fork down?
(a) Her mother grounds her.
(b) Her mother calmly asks her to settle down.
(c) It bounces and hits Scott.
(d) She breaks a plate.

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

5. In the beginning of Chapter XII, "Melissa Goes to the Zoo," what concern does Melissa have about Kelly's uncle?
(a) He might feel hurt if he thinks that the girls are playing a prank on him.
(b) In the past, Kelly told her that Uncle Bill is not very reliable.
(c) She is afraid that her mother is right about him being a bully.
(d) He might be mean if he realizes that she is a "boy."

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter XI, "Invitations," what is implied when Melissa finds her mother sitting in front of her laptop after school?

2. What kind of creature is Charlotte, from Charlotte's Web?

3. At the beginning of Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," we are told that Melissa (George) rubs her eyes until "rows and rows of tiny triangles twirled and twinkled in the darkness" (Gino 11). What technique is being used here?

4. In Chapter X, "Transformations," what does Mr. Jackson call Melissa?

5. In Chapter X, "Transformations," what does Melissa do to relax herself on the car ride to the evening performance of Charlotte's Web?

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