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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the oldest kid in Melody's special education group at school?
(a) Connor.
(b) Freddy.
(c) Jill.
(d) Ashley.

2. Who was Melody's kindergarten teacher at school?
(a) Mrs. Tracy.
(b) Mrs. Hyatt.
(c) Mrs. Billups.
(d) Mrs. Shannon.

3. How does Melody describe Penny as a baby in Chapter 9?
(a) Happy.
(b) Willful.
(c) Difficult and cranky.
(d) Always crying.

4. Who are the two girls that Melody describes as "mean to almost everybody on the playground" in Chapter 11?
(a) Christine and Michelle.
(b) Anna and Marie.
(c) Molly and Claire.
(d) Sarah and Emily.

5. Where does Melody's mother describe more fighting as she reads the newspaper on Saturday morning in Chapter 10?
(a) In Sudan.
(b) In the Balkans.
(c) In the Middle East.
(d) In South Africa.

6. Who was Melody's second grade teacher?
(a) Mrs. Shannon.
(b) Mr. Dimmings.
(c) Mrs. Billups.
(d) Mrs. Tracy.

7. What fruit does Melody associate country music with in Chapter 2?
(a) Watermelons.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Lemons.
(d) Cherries.

8. Who is Melody's fifth grade teacher?
(a) Mrs. Billups.
(b) Mrs. Tracy.
(c) Mrs. Shannon.
(d) Mrs. Anderson.

9. What is Melody's mother's profession?
(a) She is a teacher.
(b) She is a nurse.
(c) She is an advertiser.
(d) She is a banker.

10. What is the name of the snowman that the special education class decorates each year at Christmas at Melody's school?
(a) Frosty.
(b) Sydney.
(c) Walter.
(d) Pete.

11. What school does Melody's mother enroll her in after meeting with the intelligence specialist in Chapter 4?
(a) Jackson Street Elementary School.
(b) Pineville Elementary School.
(c) Spaulding Street Elementary School.
(d) Perritt Elementary School.

12. Melody recalls her father singing songs from what band to her when she was a baby in Chapter 3?
(a) The Rolling Stones.
(b) The Who.
(c) The Cure.
(d) The Beatles.

13. How does Melody say Jill came to be disabled in Chapter 5?
(a) She was beaten as a baby.
(b) She was born disabled.
(c) She was in a car accident.
(d) She fell from a second-story window.

14. How old is Melody when her mother becomes pregnant with her second child?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

15. The narrator says in Chapter 1, "Words have always swirled around me like snowflakes--each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "regular" fifth-grade language arts teacher at Melody's school?

2. Who is the music teacher at Melody's school?

3. What is the name of Melody's goldfish?

4. What language has Melody attained a grasp of by watching television?

5. Who sings the song "Elvira" that Melody loves?

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