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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. What did Stevie's mother help him do after the incident with Pia in "Skitter Hitter"?
(a) Find Pia's phone number.
(b) Find Marcus's mother's phone number.
(c) Create a science project.
(d) Tape the skateboard back together.

2. How was Pia's sister killed?
(a) She was shot.
(b) She was stabbed.
(c) She was pushed off a mountain trail.
(d) She was pushed into a roadway and hit by a car.

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

4. What is the name of Marcus's mother?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Maria.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Anna.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ms. Post's son that is described in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?

2. Who knocked out the kid that was making fun of John John and calling him an old man in "The Low Cuts Strike Again"?

3. Who is the choir director at TJ and Jasmine's church?

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

5. What is Terrence's (TJ's) last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do empy snack bags symbolize in “Water Booger Bears”?

2. Why does Fatima make lists?

3. Why has Jasmine Jordan been away from school in “Water Booger Bears”? For how long has she been away?

4. What is a frame narrative and how is this established in “Water Booger Bears”?

5. What is the meaning of the title of “Water Booger Bears”?

6. Why does Pia not encounter Stevie in the end of "Skitter Hitter"?

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

8. How is Stevie Munsen described in "Skitter Hitter"?

9. How does Fatima perceive the boy with the notebook on the bus in “How to Look (Both) Both Ways”?

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

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