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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Marking Period (through page 35).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Heather, what is a common mistake most nine graders make?
(a) Going to parties with older students.
(b) Trying to act too sophisticated.
(c) Hanging back.
(d) Pretending they are older students.

2. What does the art teacher think the establishment has beaten out of the students?
(a) Elegance.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Ability to think.

3. What does Heather wear under her clothes?
(a) A weight belt.
(b) A picture of a famous actor taped to her stomach.
(c) Her gym clothes.
(d) A girdle.

4. Why does Melinda receive a demerit?
(a) For smoking in the bathroom.
(b) For hitting the person who ruins her blouse.
(c) For wandering in the halls without a pass.
(d) For cursing.

5. Who sits with Melinda at lunch in "First Marking Period"?
(a) David.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Heather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Melinda's mother preoccupied with at work in September?

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

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

4. Why does Melinda buy her lunch on her first day of school?

5. What word does the art teacher write on the chalkboard?

(see the answer key)

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