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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 else will be part of the assembly Phoebe is asked to join in "Common Sense and Good Judgment"?
(a) Students.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Police officers.
(d) Bike manufacturers.

2. In "Getting a Grip", what does Phoebe say people call someone after they die?
(a) The body.
(b) The departed.
(c) The one.
(d) The respected.

3. How old does Phoebe say Mick was when their parents bought him a bike helmet?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

4. In "Dogs Can Laugh in Heaven", what does Phoebe first see when she returns home from school?
(a) Mick's collection of rocks.
(b) Her mother crying.
(c) Her father's pants.
(d) Nana on the phone.

5. What does Mrs. Berryhill say to Phoebe in "Dogs Can Laugh in Heaven" that upsets her?
(a) She says she feels Phoebe's pain.
(b) She says Phoebe should go home.
(c) She refers to death as a loss.
(d) She says Mick is still with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zoe react when Phoebe calls her for the first time in "Tap Dancing on God's Piano"?

2. What does Nana serve for dinner in "Dogs Can Laugh at Heaven"?

3. How does Phoebe summarize her grandmothers' ideas about Mick's death?

4. What does Phoebe remember Mick saying he wished he could have taught their great-grandmother?

5. What does Phoebe say when she shows Mick's helmet to the people at the assembly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Phoebe say about the dangerous intersection in "Common Sense and Good Judgment"?

2. What does Phoebe dream in "Dogs Can Laugh in Heaven"?

3. How does Phoebe feel about returning to school after Mick's death?

4. What is Mick's interment like?

5. What does Zoe tell Phoebe in "Tap Dancing on God's Piano" that makes Phoebe feel better about Mick after his death?

6. Why is Phoebe confused about God in "Tap Dancing on God's Piano"?

7. How does Phoebe react when she is first asked to take part in the bike safety assembly?

8. Why does Zoe come over to Phoebe's house in "Tap Dancing on God's Piano"?

9. Why does talking to Mrs. Berryhill upset Phoebe in "Dogs Can Laugh in Heaven"?

10. Why does Mrs. Berryhill call Phoebe into her office in "Common Sense and Good Judgment"?

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