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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many classes in school do TJ and Jasmine have together?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

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

4. Who is the Life Science teacher for Jasmine and TJ?
(a) Ms. Edwards.
(b) Mr. Fantana.
(c) Mr. Brindle.
(d) Ms. Densmore.

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

6. 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) Rope at the rodeo.
(b) Pin the tail on the donkey.
(c) Hangman's noose.
(d) Snatch the tail off the donkey.

7. What is TJ's singing voice compared to in "Water Booger Bears"?
(a) A screeching hawk.
(b) Fingernails on a chalkboard.
(c) Wind chimes in a hurricane.
(d) The brakes on a school bus.

8. What kind of cancer did Trista's father have?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Colon cancer.
(c) Stomach cancer.
(d) Prostate cancer.

9. What does TJ say God made man from in "Water Booger Bears"?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Trees.
(c) Dust.
(d) Water.

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

11. What do Jasmine and TJ refer to the empty chip bags left for one another?
(a) Friendship Flags.
(b) Memories.
(c) Fish Bait.
(d) Practical Pranks.

12. At what bench outside the school do the Low Cuts always meet up?
(a) The first bench.
(b) The fourth bench.
(c) The third bench.
(d) The second bench.

13. 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 school bus hitting a crossing guard.
(b) With a cloud falling from the sky.
(c) With a gunshot.
(d) With a school bus falling from the sky.

14. What did Pia name her skateboard?
(a) Skitter.
(b) Santi.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Hitter.

15. What kind of cancer did John John's mother have?
(a) Uterine cancer.
(b) Colon cancer.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Ovarian cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Stevie's mother help him do after the incident with Pia in "Skitter Hitter"?

2. What does everyone call Cynthia Sower, according to the narrator in "Water Booger Bears"?

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

4. Who always writes stuff on Stevie's shirt in class, according to the narrator in "Skitter Hitter"?

5. What blood disease has Jasmine had since birth?

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