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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 does David do around the moving people next door?
(a) Turns the radio up very loud.
(b) Jumps in front of them.
(c) Yells inappropriately.
(d) Throws stones at them.

2. What item from the book Catherine's mother is reading to her does Catherine wish she had?
(a) An invisibility cloak.
(b) A flying carpet.
(c) A fast car.
(d) A raft.

3. What does David like?
(a) Pens.
(b) Rules.
(c) Poems.
(d) Hats.

4. Why is Catherine excited about what is going on in the neighborhood?
(a) A girl her age is moving in next door.
(b) The block party should be really fun.
(c) She loves to play in the snow.
(d) The city needs a new park.

5. Why is Catherine hesitant to have people over for a meal?
(a) Her mother's cooking is not very good.
(b) Her mother and father argue a lot.
(c) David could do something embarrassing.
(d) It is hard to find something to say.

Short Answer Questions

1. What video is David watching when Catherine is babysitting him?

2. What does Catherine tell Kristi about Jason when Kristi sees his portrait in Catherine's sketchbook?

3. What does Jason's mother scold Catherine for doing?

4. Catherine sees the new girl next door talking to whom?

5. Catherine tells Jason that David is _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Catherine's feelings of dread and embarrassment regarding her brother typical of a young pre-teen like Catherine?

2. Why is Dad's arrival time at home so critical for David?

3. In what way can Kristi and Catherine be compared regarding conflict in their lives?

4. What physical challenges does Jason have?

5. Why does Catherine take a flip attitude with her father when she and Kristi are playing basketball?

6. How do the interactions between Catherine and Jason show their artistic inclinations?

7. What do the cards that Catherine creates for Jason indicate that she is sensitive to for him?

8. How does the author show Kristi's character?

9. Why does David bring Catherine an unwound cassette tape and what does Kristi say about David that angers Catherine?

10. How has the author structured the book related to rules?

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