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

2. 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"?
(a) Like she was a school bus falling from the sky.
(b) Like she was a coal miner trapped in a mine.
(c) Like she was a caged tiger in a zoo.
(d) Like she was an exotic goldfish in a sandwich bag.

3. 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) Peter Smith.
(d) James Jackson.

4. What did Jasmine give TJ for licking a dead mosquito off his arm once?
(a) A balloon.
(b) 5 dollars.
(c) A dollar.
(d) A kiss.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Bit's mother recently resumed?

2. What does Benni tell Fatima she saw falling from the sky in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?

3. Who is the guidance counselor at the school where the Low Cuts attend?

4. At what bench outside the school do the Low Cuts always meet up?

5. What did Pia name her skateboard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrative structure of “How to Look (Both) Both Ways” different than the other stories in the collection?

2. How is irony applicable to the character of Bit in “The Low Cuts Strike Again”?

3. Where do the Low Cuts go to sell their candy? How much money do they make?

4. What does Stevie ultimately confess to his mother in "Skitter Hitter"? How does she react?

5. What does Benni tell Fatima in the ending of “How to Look (Both) Both Ways”? What does she ask her?

6. What does "Skitter" symbolize in "Skitter Hitter"?

7. How did the Low Cuts get their name?

8. Who are the Low Cuts? How are they described?

9. Where do the Low Cuts go to buy candy in “The Low Cuts Strike Again”? What do they buy?

10. Why does Fatima make lists?

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