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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 is Melody's last name?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Brooks.
(d) Anderson.
2. What is Melody's mother's favorite flower?
(a) Roses.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Irises.
(d) Daffodils.
3. Who is the "regular" fifth-grade language arts teacher at Melody's school?
(a) Mr. Anderson.
(b) Mrs. Shannon.
(c) Mrs. Tracy.
(d) Miss Gordon.
4. How does the music teacher punish the two girls who make fun of the special education students in music class in Chapter 11?
(a) She makes them stand for the entire class.
(b) She makes them sit in the corner.
(c) She sends them to the principal's office.
(d) She sends them home.
5. How old was Melody when she had the outburst in the store about the painted toy blocks described in Chapter 3?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Penny's third word as a baby?
2. What classroom is Melody's special education group held in at school?
3. Who is the principal at Melody's school?
4. What type of music does Melody's father love the most?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Melody describe her school in Chapter 5? Where does Melody go to class?
2. How does Melody describe her disability and its impacts on her everyday life in Chapter 2?
3. How is Mrs. Tracy described in Chapter 7? What does Melody like about Mrs. Tracy?
4. How would you describe Melody's perceptions of herself in the beginning of the novel?
5. How does Melody describe her relationship with her father in Chapter 3?
6. How does Melody describe her communication with her father in Chapter 10?
7. What information does Mrs. Shannon relate to Melody's parents at the parent-teacher conference in Chapter 12?
8. How does Melody's household change after her mother gives birth to Penny?
9. How have Melody's circumstances changed as she enters fifth grade in Chapter 11?
10. How does Melody describe her mother's pregnancy in Chapter 9?
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