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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pia's last name?
(a) Foster.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Ross.

2. What is the name of Pia's big sister?
(a) Santi.
(b) Anita.
(c) Jessica.
(d) Fawn.

3. What color ties do the boys wear at Brookshire Boys Academy?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Gray.

4. What do the houses look like they're made of, according to Fatima's daily checklist in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?
(a) Mud and twigs.
(b) Candy canes.
(c) Cardboard boxes.
(d) Graham crackers.

5. What is Fatima's last class of the day in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?
(a) Social Studies.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Life science.

6. Who made the joke of the Low Cuts, "Yo, if I give you my pizza crust every day and you save it up, you'll have a whole loaf of bread by the end of the school year" (20)?
(a) Andrew Knotts.
(b) Charlie Wilson.
(c) James Jackson.
(d) Peter Smith.

7. What is the last name of the kid Satchmo who is in Francy's class?
(a) James.
(b) Jordan.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Johnson.

8. What did the bullies call their game when they yanked Stevie's necktie so hard his neck hurt for a week in "Skitter Hitter"?
(a) Pin the tail on the donkey.
(b) Hangman's noose.
(c) Rope at the rodeo.
(d) Snatch the tail off the donkey.

9. What assignment has Fatima's English teacher given for homework in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?
(a) To write about being a movie star.
(b) To write about being an inanimate object.
(c) To write about being an emergency technician.
(d) To write about being a bus driver.

10. What kind of business does Marcus's mother own in "Skitter Hitter"?
(a) A salon.
(b) A liquor store.
(c) A candy store.
(d) A shoe store.

11. Where do the Low Cuts go to sell the candy they bought in "The Low Cuts Strike Again"?
(a) A pool hall.
(b) Church.
(c) School.
(d) A playground.

12. What is Fatima's house number?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 12.

13. For how long does the bell ring that indicates the end of the school day, according to Fatima's checklist in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?
(a) 5 seconds.
(b) 10 seconds.
(c) 3 seconds.
(d) 7 seconds.

14. What has Bit's mother recently resumed?
(a) Her teaching job.
(b) Her bus route.
(c) Chemotherapy.
(d) Psychotherapy.

15. How long did Jasmine miss school for her first attack with the blood disease?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fatima's mother's profession?

2. What is the main road outside the school that the Low Cuts set out on after their meeting in "The Low Cuts Strike Again"?

3. What is Fatima's father's profession?

4. Who is the tiniest person among the Low Cuts?

5. How did Jasmine's parents look at her during the uncomfortable conversation where they told her they were separating, according to the narrator in "Water Booger Bears"?

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