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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. The children taunting Charlie are from what city?
(a) North Hadley.
(b) North Farms.
(c) Westbrook.
(d) Hatfield.

2. What is the name of Allie's drink made from guavas and mangoes?
(a) Monkey Juice.
(b) Jungle Juice.
(c) Jeronimo Juice.
(d) Spider Juice.

3. What treat do the twins want to eat?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Candy bars.
(d) Cupcakes.

4. What are all of Allie's inventions inspired by?
(a) Plants.
(b) The solar system.
(c) The human body.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

5. What do the natives in Seville begin to worship?
(a) Allie.
(b) A tiny replica of Allie's ice plant.
(c) A replica of Allie.
(d) Ice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the ribbons that the migrant workers tie to the trees in the Foxes' yard?

2. What do the Foxes take to the Zambu?

3. What does Mr. Torch tell the Fox kids that Allie could do for a living?

4. What is the real last name of the Maywits?

5. When does Polski visit Allie to ask him to refrigerate the barn?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Allie, how does he come to work for Polski?

2. How does Allie react when Charlie refers to the migrant workers' home as the Monkey House?

3. What does Charlie tell his mother he is afraid of?

4. With the ice plant complete, what does Allie dream of doing?

5. Why do the migrant workers visit the Foxes after dinner in Chapter 7?

6. Describe what Charlie sees when the family first arrives in Honduras.

7. Describe what Charlie sees when he goes into the field near his house looking for Allie.

8. Why does Allie refuse to build the ice plant for Polski?

9. What reason does Allie give for why he doesn't believe in God?

10. How does Captain Smalls describe life in Honduras to Charlie?

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