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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 the hospital where Poppa is being cared for, according to the story?
(a) Nevada City.
(b) Samona.
(c) Topeka.
(d) Salina.

2. Mibs has learned how to push away the voices of the __________ at school, so she approached the inner voices the same way.
(a) Bullies.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Delivery men.
(d) Nuns.

3. Why is Poppa in a coma, according to the story and according to the phone call?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Cancer.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Illness.

4. Who does Mibs suddenly begin to cry for in the back of the bus, according to the story?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

5. What is the kind of pie that Samson requests when they arrive at the diner?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Apple.
(c) Pumpkin.
(d) Banana Cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hopes no one will attend the party that Miss Rosemary is planning?

2. What does Will present to Mibs as a birthday present, according to the story?

3. What is the name of Lester's ex, the one that is tattooed on his arm?

4. Fish's concern for Mibs causes _________ in the area, according to the story.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Poppa first learn about savvies when he was with the children's mother, according to the book?

2. What does Will present to Mibs for her birthday present, according to the book?

3. What is the surprising news the children hear about the trip on the bus, according to the book?

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

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

6. What does Mibs begin to worry about as she continues to hear things from others around her?

7. How does Mibs decide that she will get to Salina in order to help her father, according to the book?

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

9. Where does Poppa like to take the children until he can build them one of their own, 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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