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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 at is the big question Melinda asks herself after she boards the bus?
(a) Where is the best place to sit?
(b) Why the bus does not have seat belts.
(c) Why the bus driver is wearing sunglasses on such a cloudy day.
(d) Who the cute boy is in the back row?

2. Why is the clan expensive to belong to?
(a) They produce a weekly newsletter.
(b) They have weekly dues.
(c) They do charity drives.
(d) Their outfits must be coordinated.

3. About what do Melinda's parents confront her at dinner?
(a) Hanging around with the bad elements of school.
(b) Her interim report card.
(c) Skipping class the day before.
(d) Telling her art teacher that she is not allowed to draw.

4. About what is Melinda critical when she looks in the mirror from her bed?
(a) Her face.
(b) The wall color.
(c) Her bedspread pattern.
(d) Her hands.

5. What does the Spanish teacher write on the board in "First Marking Period"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A phrase in Spanish.
(c) A phrase in English to be translated to Spanish.
(d) A phrase in French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Melinda's response to her parents' harangue at the dinner table?

2. What does Melinda think would make David Petrakis cute?

3. Where do the ninth graders go when they arrive on the first day of school?

4. What does Melinda see as her job in algebra class?

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

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