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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 blood disease has Jasmine had since birth?
(a) Hemochromatosis.
(b) Hypercoagulable disorder.
(c) Sickle cell anemia.
(d) Erythrocytosis.

2. What do TJ and Jasmine respond when TJ's new mother asks what they learned in school in "Water Booger Bears"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That water bears can live in space.
(c) That God made man from water.
(d) A lot.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was chasing Simeon Cross down the hallway when school let out in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?

2. What is the name of Marcus's mother?

3. What do the houses look like they're made of, according to Fatima's daily checklist in "How to Look (Both) Both Ways"?

4. How does Pia leave school in the end of "Skitter Hitter"?

5. With whom does Pia leave school in the ending of "Skitter Hitter"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did the Low Cuts get their name?

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

8. What is Pia's relationship with Fawn Samms in "Skitter Hitter"?

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

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

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