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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 color does Claudia remark that everyone sees differently in the preface to September?
(a) Pink.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

2. How old was Claudia's father when he married her mom?
(a) 25.
(b) 29.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

3. Who was the secretary at Claudia's school in November: "The Before"?
(a) Ms. Clark.
(b) Ms. Paul.
(c) Ms. Moser.
(d) Ms. Valente.

4. What was the number of Monday's house?
(a) 312.
(b) 142.
(c) 534.
(d) 804.

5. What is Claudia's middle name?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Mae.
(d) Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Jacob's friend that would not intervene in the fight because his mother would kill him for touching a girl in December: "One Year Before the Before"?

2. What color does Claudia say her mother would be if she were a color?

3. Where did April say Monday was when Claudia found her in the grocery store in October: "The Before"?

4. Where did Michael say his father had gone in December: "The After"?

5. Where did Claudia's mother work in September: "The Before"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led up to the fight that Claudia and Monday were involved in in December: "One Year Before the Before"?

2. Who is Ms. Walker and what is her relationship to Claudia?

3. What was revealed at the meeting between Claudia's parents and her teachers in November: "The Before"? How did Claudia respond?

4. Who is Ms. Valente? How does Claudia know her?

5. What color does Claudia say her mother would be in December? Why?

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

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

8. What are Claudia's relationships with her parents like?

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