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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "not for sale" in "Not For Sale"?
(a) The salesman.
(b) The mother.
(c) The father.
(d) The girl.

2. Who is killed the day the girl has plans with Eugene?
(a) The president.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The vice president.
(d) The governor.

3. How does the girl's mother react to the girl's father in "Fever"?
(a) She complains.
(b) She argues.
(c) She is silent.
(d) She cries.

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

5. In "From the Book of Dreams in Spanish", the girl eats all the fruit before it ends up where?
(a) On the ground.
(b) In her house.
(c) In the sky.
(d) On the tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Fever", what does the girl compare pain to?

2. How long did the girl's grandmother live in New York?

3. What item does the girl debate the value of in "An Early Mystery"?

4. What grade is the narrator in?

5. In "Fever", when does the girl remember seeing her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises the mother in "The Game"?

2. What did the girl think as she watched her father read her diary in "Absolution in the New Year"?

3. What happens when the girl ignores her father in "Dividir: To Divide"?

4. How did the girl's mother feel about her visit to the shop in "An Early Mystery"?

5. When the woman in "Advanced Biology" thinks back to Ira, what does she wonder?

6. What happens when Lorraine catches the girl in "The Paterson Public Library"?

7. What do the neighbor's discover when they go to talk to Dona Ernestina in "Nada"?

8. In "The Medium's Burden", why does the medium stay silent?

9. How does the girl's mother respond to the girl going to visit Eugene?

10. In "Nothing Wasted", what was important about the seeds?

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