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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 is Fatima's mother's profession?
(a) She is an environmental scientist.
(b) She is a doctor.
(c) She is a flight attendant.
(d) She is a baker.

2. Where does Pia go after school in the ending of "Skitter Hitter"?
(a) To church.
(b) To her father's house.
(c) To the cemetery.
(d) To her friend's house.

3. What is the name of Ms. Post's son that is described in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?
(a) Canton.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Roger.
(d) Jack.

4. What is Fatima's father's profession?
(a) He is a baker.
(b) He is an environmental scientist.
(c) He is a flight attendant.
(d) He is a doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many houses are there on each block as Fatima walks home in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?

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

3. What is Pia's last name?

4. Who is the guidance counselor at TJ and Jasmine's school?

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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Fatima make lists?

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

6. How did the Low Cuts get their name?

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 corralled into the event that involves Pia in "Skitter Hitter"?

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

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

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