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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 is Rachelle reclaiming?
(a) Her European heritage.
(b) Her Native American heritage.
(c) Her Cajun heritage.
(d) Her African heritage.

2. What do Melinda's parents declare her as having outgrown?
(a) Her doll collection.
(b) Her training wheels.
(c) Trick or treating.
(d) Her Hollywood stars posters.

3. What does the art teacher believe is as important as words and numbers?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Enthusiasm.
(c) Images.
(d) Spirit.

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

5. What does Heather want to sign her and Melinda up to do?
(a) Band.
(b) Volunteer to read to blind people.
(c) Volunteer with children in the city art program.
(d) Participate in the musical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Spanish teacher write on the board in "First Marking Period"?

2. What does Melinda name the high school's principal?

3. What has the Mascot name been changed to for the second time?

4. How does Melinda's family communicate?

5. Where does Melinda feel truly safe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in algebra class that feels disastrous to Melinda?

2. Who is Melinda's lab partner and how does she feel about her lab partner?

3. What is Mr. Freeman like and what does he have the students do on the first day?

4. What is making it more difficult for Melinda to talk, and what does she wish to do about what is keeping her quiet?

5. What does Melinda do after school on Columbus Day?

6. What class would Melinda avoid if possible and why?

7. What happens to Melinda in the cafeteria at lunch on the first day of school?

8. Describe Melinda's encounter with Rachel in the bathroom in "First Marking Period".

9. Why doesn't Melinda go trick or treating, and what does she do on Halloween?

10. What do Melinda's parents order to do after school and how does Melinda "obey" them?

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