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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of music does Melody's father love the most?
(a) Classical.
(b) Rock.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Blues.

2. What is Melody's mother's favorite flower?
(a) Irises.
(b) Roses.
(c) Daffodils.
(d) Daisies.

3. What is Melody's father's name?
(a) Phil.
(b) Chuck.
(c) Dave.
(d) Bill.

4. What does Penny call her favorite stuffed animal, according to Melody in Chapter 10?
(a) Dee-Dee.
(b) Ollie.
(c) Doodle.
(d) Tiger.

5. What color is Melody's wheelchair?
(a) Pink.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

6. What kind of puppy does Melody father give her when she is eight?
(a) A Scottish Terrier.
(b) A golden retriever.
(c) A poodle.
(d) A German Shepherd.

7. What disability does Maria have in the narrative?
(a) Cerebral palsy.
(b) Down syndrome.
(c) Multiple sclerosis.
(d) Autism.

8. How does Melody's goldfish die?
(a) It is eaten by the cat.
(b) It jumps out of the fish bowl.
(c) It dies from sitting in direct sunlight.
(d) It is overfed.

9. 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.

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

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

12. Who sings the song "Elvira" that Melody loves?
(a) Tom Waits.
(b) The Fuller Brothers.
(c) The Oak Ridge Boys.
(d) Johnny Cash.

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

14. How old is Melody when her parents give her a goldfish?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how tall does Melody describe Mrs. V as being?

2. What does Mrs. V do after she and Melody watch the clouds in the end of Chapter 6?

3. What type of music does Melody describe as her mother's favorite in Chapter 2?

4. 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?

5. What teacher, whom Melody describes her mother ranting at in Chapter 7, quit her job after spring break?

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