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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Marking Period (through page 46).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Melinda's response to her parents' harangue at the dinner table?
(a) She tells them she will do better.
(b) She goes to her room.
(c) She defends her actions.
(d) She cries.

2. What is Melinda's mother preoccupied with at work in September?
(a) Fall line of clothing.
(b) Ordering summer clothing.
(c) Getting better health insurance.
(d) Christmas.

3. What dress does Melinda think was distracting on her biology teacher?
(a) A purple dress with bright blue flowers.
(b) A bright green dress with lavender bunnies.
(c) An African caftan.
(d) A bright orange dress with purple daisies.

4. What is the name of Melinda's new school?
(a) Jones High School.
(b) Edgewater High School.
(c) Merideth High.
(d) Merryweather High.

5. What does Melinda see as her job in algebra class?
(a) As the brilliant and lonely eccentric.
(b) As the quiet, strong type.
(c) As the Emergency Warning System.
(d) As the dunce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the art teacher believe is as important as words and numbers?

2. Why does Melinda end up sitting near the front?

3. With what does Melinda's English teacher threaten Melinda?

4. How is Melinda feeling emotionally as she boards the school bus?

5. What does Rachel seem to say to Melinda as Melinda spies her?

(see the answer key)

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