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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 Sia buy from the bakery before she leaves to take to the homeless people under the bridge in Chapter 14?
(a) A dozen sandwiches.
(b) A bag of bread.
(c) A bag of pastries.
(d) A bag of flour.

2. What does the doctor say Sia’s last name is in Chapter 7?
(a) Holloway.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Stevenson.

3. How long ago does Kyle say his father started the bakery in Chapter 16?
(a) 10 years ago.
(b) 30 years ago.
(c) 20 years ago.
(d) 5 years ago.

4. What does Carol offer to Sia to use as a blanket in Chapter 3?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A shawl.
(c) A winter coat.
(d) A ragged dress.

5. What does Sia tell Duke in Chapter 19?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she wants to marry him.
(c) That she’s selling her car.
(d) That they are over.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Kyle’s friends from the bakery that Sia passes on her way to the empty desk in history class in Chapter 19?

2. Sia asks Beatriz if she can help her do what in Chapter 13?

3. Where does Carol say she’s gotten a job in Chapter 20?

4. What is the name of the bakery that Sia stops into for bread in Chapter 14?

5. What profession does Stacy’s parents both hold in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much money does Sia’s mother give her for lunch in Chapter 11? How does Sia respond?

2. What conflict is taking place when Sia awakens in Chapter 6? What does Sia do?

3. What is Carol’s response when Sia asks her how she came to be homeless in Chapter 6?

4. Who comes up to Sia to offer her “blankets” in Chapter 3? How is this character described?

5. What advice does Carol give to Sia regarding her situation in Chapter 20?

6. Who greets Sia when she awakens in the hospital in Chapter 7? What does Sia relate to this character?

7. What exchange takes place between Sia and Duke in Chapter 19? How do the onlookers respond?

8. Whom does Sia see and recognize in her class in Chapter 12? How is this character described by Sia’s friends?

9. Where does Sia ask John to take her after school in Chapter 20? How does he respond?

10. What leads up to the conflict between Duke and Kyle in Chapter 18?

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