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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Marking Period (through page 117).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Melinda's mother work?
(a) A bank.
(b) A lawyer's office.
(c) A beauty salon.
(d) A clothing store.

2. What topic does "Mr. Neck" rant about in social studies in "Second Marking Period"?
(a) Outsourcing.
(b) Communism.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Monarchies.

3. When does Melinda believe her algebra teacher makes no sense?
(a) When he talks about his time in Vietnam.
(b) When he tells stories about why one should learn algebra.
(c) When he tells stories about his job as a newspaper boy when he was young.
(d) When he talks about algebra in relation to meeting his wife.

4. What does Melinda's mother tell her in a note in "Second Marking Period"?
(a) That she and her father will be gone for three nights.
(b) To go to her grandmother's for the night.
(c) To put up the Christmas tree.
(d) To call Melinda's aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Melinda almost ruin an expensive microscope?

2. How does Melinda get her potatoes and gravy on her blouse?

3. To where does Melinda catch the bus in "Third Marking Period"?

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

5. On what does Melinda's father blame her behavioral changes?

(see the answer key)

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