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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 Will threaten to tell others about Bobbi when they board the bus?
(a) Her recipes.
(b) Her grades.
(c) Her curfew.
(d) Nothing.

2. What is the type of tattoo that Mibs' father has, as she recalls in this section of the story?
(a) His name.
(b) Flower.
(c) Mermaid.
(d) Anchor.

3. The Beaumont children's mother's savvy is ___________, which is something that causes everything to be just right.
(a) Decorating.
(b) Homemaking.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Perfection.

4. Mibs' mother always points out that everyone has a hidden _________, though he/she may never realize it.
(a) Sibling.
(b) Gene.
(c) Talent.
(d) Room.

5. When Bobbi is bored, she kicks Fish, which causes him to lose control of his savvy and ___________.
(a) Create winds.
(b) Turn invisible.
(c) Do nothing.
(d) Blow out the radiator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fish notes that no should know about his/her savvies except for ________ and those who might become family.

2. Mibs talks about how she doesn't have any friends, and _________ reminds Mibs they are friends.

3. Who explains to Mibs about why the Beaumont children have their special powers, according to the story?

4. Who scratches at Fish as they try to defend Mibs during this scene of the story?

5. Where does Lester promise to drive Lill when she is taken onto the bus, according to the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Beaumont grandfather explain the gifts that run in their family, according to the book?

2. What causes Lill to ask if the bus the children are on is a bus for misfit children, according to the book?

3. What has Lester offered to do for Lill Kiteley when she boards the bus, according to the book?

4. What was the savvy of Grandpa that was displayed during Rocket's thirteenth birthday, according to the book?

5. What does Fish remind Mibs of when it comes to telling others about their powers, according to the book?

6. What are the two events that cause Mibs to think they might be related to her savvy, according to the book?

7. What happened as a result of Fish receiving his savvy when he turned thirteen, according to the book?

8. Why has Miss Rosemary come to stay with the Beaumont family?

9. What does the family think is a bad idea, though they don't say anything about it, according to the book?

10. What does Fish do when he hears that Mibs is yelling at Will to stay away, according to the book?

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