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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plans are being made for the ______ to come take the children back to their home, according to the story.
(a) Smiths.
(b) Troys.
(c) Ungers.
(d) Meeks.

2. Who notices that Will has kissed Mibs and sends some water at them playfully?
(a) Bobbi.
(b) Fish.
(c) Lill.
(d) Samson.

3. What does Mibs also leave for the homeless man, knowing that her father would understand?
(a) Purple silk flower.
(b) Food.
(c) Paper.
(d) Money.

4. Who rushes off to tell Will the truth about the Beaumonts, according to the story?
(a) Fish.
(b) Lill.
(c) Lester.
(d) Bobbi.

5. Who helps Mibs with her ill-fitting outfit, which is a surprising gesture to the reader?
(a) No one.
(b) Bobbi.
(c) Samson.
(d) Lill.

6. What does Lester lament having to do in the morning, according to the story?
(a) Bring the children home.
(b) Read a book.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Delivery.

7. What does Will do that he admits his father cannot do, according to the story?
(a) Sing.
(b) Belch.
(c) Pray.
(d) Write.

8. Mibs realizes that Bill is Will's __________, and she bursts into tears as she explains what has happened.
(a) Brother.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Father.
(d) Uncle.

9. _________ realizes that in any situation, good and bad are mixed up together, according to the story.
(a) Will.
(b) Mibs.
(c) Fish.
(d) Lill.

10. What helps to push Ozzie down when the children are rushing him during this chaotic scene?
(a) A crowbar.
(b) Thunderstorm.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Wind.

11. Who does Bobbi call when she is supposed to be calling home, according to the story?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her teacher.
(c) Herself.
(d) The boy's room.

12. Where does Lester decide to sleep after the group arrives at its final destination?
(a) Cot.
(b) Bathtub.
(c) Floor.
(d) Bus.

13. Who knows that he/she is responsible for the situation they are in and wants to protect the adults?
(a) Will.
(b) Fish.
(c) Mibs.
(d) Bobbi.

14. Many of the truckers and the patrons at the diner have _________, which cause Mibs to feel overwhelmed.
(a) Pens.
(b) Tattoos.
(c) Trucks.
(d) Papers.

15. Who does Lill point out is probably not in, as she takes Mibs to a back room in order to lie down?
(a) Ozzie.
(b) A security guard.
(c) Sam.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lester's voices fade whenever _______ smiles at him, Mibs notices, according to the story.

2. Mother explains that a person will need to _______ his/her savvy in order to learn to control it.

3. Who does Bobbi say wants to talk to Mibs next during the charade of the phone call?

4. Who does Mibs drag out from under a table because she feels she needs to be able to see this person all the time?

5. Lester's thoughts only focus on ________ after Lill says that she wants to be with him.

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