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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. Tiger gets so embarrassed and angry at Corrina that she _____________________.
(a) yells at Corrina.
(b) refuses to speak to Corrina.
(c) wants to run away.
(d) wishes for a different mother.

2. What is Tiger hoping will arrive in the mail each day?
(a) Her subscription to American Girl magazine.
(b) A letter from Aunt Dorie Kay.
(c) An invitation to Abby Lynn's swimming party.
(d) A vacation postcard from Jesse Wade.

3. What do neighbors bring to the house after Granny dies?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Relatives.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

4. What has Tiger never seen but does not reveal that to Jesse Wade?
(a) A big city.
(b) An eclipse.
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) An interstate highway.

5. In what state does Tiger live?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Louisiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tiger's favorite game?

2. How does Corrina embarrass Tiger at the school gym?

3. Who does Tiger learn has eloped with J.T. Webster?

4. Who is Tiger's best friend?

5. What does Granny tell Tiger about her parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which one of the Parker family members is most taken with the new television?

2. How does the author show that Corrina is more like Tiger's sibling than her mother?

3. How does Aunt Dorie Kay behave that makes Tiger wish that she was her parent?

4. Who is Abby Lynn and what does Corrina do at the gym that embarrasses Tiger in front of her?

5. Who is Jesse Wade Thompson and what does Tiger think of him?

6. What gift does Aunt Dorie Kay have delivered for the Parker family, and how do the family members accept it?

7. How does Corrina behave more like a girl than a woman when spending the day with Tiger in Chapter 5?

8. Why does Tiger think that Granny is preparing her for marriage?

9. What is the Parker family dynamic and what makes Tiger aware of some tension in the house?

10. How does Tiger's behavior show that she is becoming more sensitive to the opinions of those outside her home?

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