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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. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what does Miss Plimsole distribute for her pupils to take home?
(a) Sentence to diagram.
(b) Word lists.
(c) History facts to memorize.
(d) Arithmetic problems.

2. In Chapter 7, what do the windows in the cafeteria overlook?
(a) Soccer field and tennis courts.
(b) Baseball field.
(c) Football stadium.
(d) Playground and playing fields.

3. Where does John go at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) His classroom.
(b) The art room.
(c) Home.
(d) Playground.

4. In Chapter 9, who does John blame for his failures?
(a) His parents.
(b) The storekeeper at the candy shop.
(c) His sister.
(d) Miss Plimsole and Mrs. Quaver.

5. In Chapter 8, what sticks as John tries to play his trumpet?
(a) Water key.
(b) Valves.
(c) Turning slide.
(d) Leadpipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song will the orchestra be practicing in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 7, what type of fruit is in the dish that John takes for lunch?

3. In Chapter 9, what does John think about school, even though he had liked it until that morning?

4. In Chapter 8, what row do Susan and John sit in in Miss Plimsole's classroom?

5. In Chapter 10, where is Mr. Midas coming from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how do John and Susan usually go to orchestra practice, and how do they go in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 7, what does John enviously watch other students eat and drink?

3. What do John and his father find when they walk to find the candy store where John bought his chocolate?

4. In Chapter 7, what does the school cafeteria look like?

5. In Chapter 7, what does John select to eat for lunch?

6. In Chapter 8, how has John been practicing for the orchestra, and how well does he know his solo?

7. In Chapter 9, what does John learn when he tells his mother that Susan does not want him at her birthday party?

8. At the end of Chapter 7, what happens when John eats his lunch in the cafeteria?

9. At the end of Chapter 8, what does John do when his trumpet turns to chocolate and he cannot play his part?

10. In Chapter 8, what vocabulary words does Miss Plimsole give her class, and what does John notice about the words?

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