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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. Who doesn't like the other girls ogling Will the way they do when they're at school, according to the story?
(a) No one.
(b) Mibs.
(c) Rocket.
(d) Bobbi.

2. When did Mibs' father get the tattoo on his arm, according to the way the story is told?
(a) Army.
(b) Navy.
(c) When he was in a camp.
(d) Last week.

3. The family decides to move to the middle of _____________ in order to avoid causing troubles for others around them.
(a) Florida.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) The United States.

4. What did Grandpa make for Momma and Poppa once it was clear they were going to be married?
(a) A child.
(b) A new home.
(c) Six acres of land.
(d) A diamond ring.

5. Mibs tells Will that she has to get to _________, according to the story.
(a) Home.
(b) Church.
(c) Salina.
(d) School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dramatically declines to bandage the boys after all of the ruckus at the back of the bus?

2. What is the color of the dress that Mibs decides to wear for her special day?

3. The tattoos reveal to Mibs that the delivery man is a _________ and the children have only to ask for help to get it.

4. What is the age that Lill points out as being a tough age, when Lill and Mibs are talking together?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mibs hears words from the drawing on Will's hand, according to the book?

2. Who are the women's voices in Mibs' head that are arguing, according to the book?

3. What are the two tattoos that the delivery man has on his opposing arms, according to the book?

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

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

6. Why is Mibs self-conscious about the dress she is wearing, even though Lill compliments her on it, according to the book?

7. Where does Poppa like to take the children until he can build them one of their own, according to the book?

8. What does the family find out during a phone call in the middle of dinnertime, according to the book?

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

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

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