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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 Darrell's last name?
(a) Williams.
(b) Singleton.
(c) Ross.
(d) Anderson.

2. What were Monday and Claudia's mother watching on television in the morning in December: "Two Years Before the Before"?
(a) Dance Party.
(b) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
(c) How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
(d) The Simpsons.

3. Where did Claudia go to visit her grandmother in the summers?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Tennessee.

4. How old was Claudia's mother when she married Claudia's dad?
(a) 30.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) 29.

5. Claudia says in the preface to October that if Monday were a color she would be what?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Orange.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What high school did Claudia say she wanted to attend in October: "The Before"?

2. What river does Claudia describe crossing over the bridge after leaving the airport in September: "The Before"?

3. What did Michael and Claudia get at Starbucks in December: "The After"?

4. What does Claudia say she tries to look like when she dances in November: "The After"?

5. Who is Monday's brother that should have been in line with the fifth graders in September: "The Before"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Shayla and how is she described?

2. What is an unreliable narrator and how does this apply in Monday's Not Coming?

3. Who is Michael and how is this character described?

4. Where did Monday live? How is this setting described?

5. Who is Tip Charles and why did Claudia's mother ask her husband to seek him out in November: "The Before"?

6. What happened when Claudia and her mother went to the Charles home in November: "The Before"?

7. What color does Claudia say Mrs. Charles would be in November? Why?

8. What did Monday say was the cause of the marks on her shoulder in December: "One Year Before the Before"?

9. What happened when Claudia went to the police station in December: "The Before"?

10. What were Claudia's thoughts about the song chosen for her solo at the dance recital in November: "The After"?

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