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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many houses are there on each block as Fatima walks home in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

2. What was the only rule of the Low Cuts' thieving behaviors?
(a) Only take non-essentials.
(b) Only take dollar bills.
(c) Only take candy.
(d) Only take loose change.

3. What is Terrence's (TJ's) last name?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Jumper.
(c) Jordan.
(d) James.

4. Before the Low Cuts named themselves that, they were part of another set called what?
(a) The Free Loaders.
(b) The Washmores.
(c) The Wolf Pack.
(d) The Free-Lunchers.

5. The narrator of "Water Booger Bears" says in the first sentence that "This story was going to being like all the best stories" (xii). How was it going to begin, but no one saw it happen?
(a) With a cloud falling from the sky.
(b) With a gunshot.
(c) With a school bus falling from the sky.
(d) With a school bus hitting a crossing guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do TJ and Jasmine respond when TJ's new mother asks what they learned in school in "Water Booger Bears"?

2. How many people comprise the "Low Cuts" in "The Low Cuts Strike Again" (19)?

3. What is TJ's singing voice compared to in "Water Booger Bears"?

4. What does Jasmine say she would be if not a booger in "Water Booger Bears"?

5. What does Bit say he would be if he were an inanimate object in "The Low Cuts Strike Again"?

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