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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the girl talk about when she was dressed up in "The Changeling"?
(a) Tales of parties and pain.
(b) Tales of wars and wonders.
(c) Tales of battles and brotherhood.
(d) Tales of feasts and festivities.

2. What grade is the narrator in?
(a) Tenth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Ninth.

3. How old is the girl in "Absolution in the New Year"?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Fifteen.

4. What does the girl notice about the type of voice her mother uses with the shopkeeper in "An Early Mystery"?
(a) It's like the one she uses with her father.
(b) It's unlike any voice she has heard.
(c) It's more soothing than she is used to hearing.
(d) It's quiter than normal.

5. What does the girl do with the fruit she picks in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?
(a) Eats it.
(b) Throws it.
(c) Bakes it.
(d) Gives it to her mother.

6. In "Fever", what does the girl compare pain to?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A set of blocks.
(c) A rag doll.
(d) A music box.

7. What does the salesman do while telling a story in "Not For Sale"?
(a) Gives the girl a free bracelet.
(b) Slaps the girl's mother.
(c) Puts a ring on the girl's finger.
(d) Faints.

8. What was the girl's father's day job?
(a) Superintendent of the apartment building.
(b) Handy man for people in New York City.
(c) Mechanic for big trucks.
(d) Manager of a store.

9. What did the girl's father read in her diary?
(a) Her first puppy love.
(b) Friends that had betrayed her.
(c) Her dreams for her future.
(d) The things she hated most.

10. Why do the kids at school tease the girl?
(a) For being tall.
(b) For being short.
(c) For being skinny.
(d) For being fat.

11. Why isn't the girl allowed to drive?
(a) She failed her driving test.
(b) The family doesn't have a car.
(c) Her father won't let her.
(d) Her mother won't let her.

12. Why did the girl dress up in "The Changeling"?
(a) She wanted to have fun.
(b) She wanted her father's attention.
(c) She wanted to grow up.
(d) She wanted to be like her brother.

13. What does the girl watch out her bedroom window in "American History"?
(a) Rain.
(b) Snow.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Moonlight.

14. In "Absolution in the New Year", what does the girl's mother offer to console her?
(a) Water.
(b) Tea.
(c) Money.
(d) A hug.

15. What color is the fruit in "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish"?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the grandmother promise the grandfather when she returned from New York?

2. What does the girl first notice about the woman that talks to her in the show in "An Early Mystery"?

3. How many children do the girl's grandparents have?

4. What type of music can be heard playing in the narrator's apartment building?

5. Who says "not for sale" in "Not For Sale"?

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