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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phoebe say she hates in "Tap Dancing on God's Piano"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her tears.
(d) Her family of three.

2. What type of funeral service does Phoebe's mother say she wants?
(a) A quiet ceremony.
(b) A private burial.
(c) A parade.
(d) A traditional service.

3. What does Phoebe remember Mick saying he wished he could have taught their great-grandmother?
(a) Video games.
(b) Pictionary.
(c) How to use a TV remote.
(d) Dance moves.

4. Where does Phoebe say Mick's bow tie came from?
(a) The mall.
(b) Florida.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Santa.

5. What does Phoebe tell the flower delivery person in "Tap Dancing on God's Piano"?
(a) About snakes and mice.
(b) About Mick's hatred of flowers.
(c) About Mick's favorite flower.
(d) Nothing.

6. In "Getting a Grip", what does Phoebe say Mick told their father about his dignity?
(a) That he had misplaced it.
(b) That he was trying his best to use it.
(c) That he wasn't handling it.
(d) The he wasn't sure what it was.

7. What does Eileen do when she sees Phoebe return to school after Mick's death?
(a) She hugs Phoebe.
(b) She laughs at Phoebe.
(c) She ignores Phoebe.
(d) She stares at Phoebe.

8. Why does Phoebe talk at Mick's memorial service?
(a) Because she really wants to.
(b) Because the crowd asks her to.
(c) Because her parents don't want to.
(d) Because she promised Mick.

9. How many people attend the assembly Phoebe takes part in?
(a) 800.
(b) 400.
(c) 100.
(d) 1000.

10. How does the audience at the assembly react to the first half of Phoebe's speech?
(a) They think it is confusing.
(b) They think it is funny.
(c) They think it is sad.
(d) They think it is boring.

11. Why does Phoebe think what Amy said to her at lunch in "Dogs Can Laugh in Heaven" was stupid?
(a) Because it was about her mother.
(b) Amy is too afraid to say anything.
(c) Because she said it wrong.
(d) Because it was mean toward Mick.

12. What type of hat does Phoebe bring with her to the assembly?
(a) A hat in the shape of a fish.
(b) A hat the glows in the dark.
(c) A hat with fake hair attached.
(d) She doesn't bring a hat with her.

13. How does Phoebe summarize her grandmothers' ideas about Mick's death?
(a) As a blessing.
(b) As a plan.
(c) As an accident.
(d) As a test.

14. What does Phoebe say when she shows Mick's helmet to the people at the assembly?
(a) That she knows everyone has one, too.
(b) She doesn't say anything.
(c) That Mick thought it made him look like a dork.
(d) That this could have saved Mick's life.

15. What does Phoebe describe in the beginning of "Common Sense and Good Judgment"?
(a) A meeting at school.
(b) How to wear a bike helmet.
(c) The smell of a new car.
(d) A dangerous intersection.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Phoebe describe herself when she returns to school after Mick's death?

2. Who said that Phoebe "tends to be very rebellious at times"?

3. How does Phoebe begin her speech at the assembly?

4. What does Phoebe first show the audience at the assembly?

5. Why do some of the kids in the audience of the assembly begin moving forward and craning their necks?

(see the answer keys)

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