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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 is chastised for making fun of her mother as she is told she will need to attend the party?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Bobbi.
(c) Mibs.
(d) Lill.

2. What do the children help Grandpa bottle at Rocket's birthday party, according to the story?
(a) Sound waves.
(b) Lightning bugs.
(c) Magic.
(d) Spiders.

3. What does Fish create once he hears about his father's condition?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Power outage.
(d) Thunderstorm.

4. What does Mibs decide to draw on Will when she receives a pen and doesn't have any paper?
(a) Heart.
(b) Mermaid.
(c) Flower.
(d) Sun.

5. Who wakes up suddenly on the morning of Mibs' birthday party, according to the story?
(a) Gypsy.
(b) Rocket.
(c) Fish.
(d) Samson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rocket cause to explode after hearing about the health of his father, according to the story?

2. What did Grandpa make for Momma and Poppa once it was clear they were going to be married?

3. Who interrupts Mibs as she begins to tell Will about their powers and about the way they are different?

4. Lill notices some of the children are injured and asks if this is a bus for ___________, according to the story.

5. Mibs explains to the delivery man that they only need a ride to __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the thoughts that keep Mibs awake at night during the story?

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

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

5. How do Fish and Rocket respond to the news about their father, according to the book?

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

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

8. What surprises the children when they are finally all in the bus together?

9. What is the special event for which Mibs is waiting in the first few pages of the story?

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

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