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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. Who yells as Pia skateboards down the school hallways "No skating allowed!" in "Skitter Hitter" (48)?
(a) Ms. Greene.
(b) Ms. Wockley.
(c) Mr. Brock.
(d) Mr. Irwine.

2. What is Jasmine's last name in "Water Booger Bears"?
(a) Jacobs.
(b) Thompson.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Michaels.

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

4. Who is Bit's mother?
(a) Ms. Jackson.
(b) Ms. Ross.
(c) Ms. Burns.
(d) Ms. Wilson.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How many classes in school do TJ and Jasmine have together?

5. How many pieces of candy do the Low Cuts buy from the old lady in "The Low Cuts Strike Again"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a red herring and how does this apply in “The Low Cuts Strike Again”?

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

3. When did Fatima first encounter Benni Austin?

4. How does TJ incorporate religion into his theory in “Water Booger Bears”?

5. How is Stevie corralled into the event that involves Pia in "Skitter Hitter"?

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

7. How did the Low Cuts come together as a group?

8. What are some of the examples of bullying seen in "Skitter Hitter"?

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

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

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