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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. Who does Jessie first meet at Megan's house on her second day of selling?
(a) Carly Brownell.
(b) Jack Smith.
(c) Megan Moriarty.
(d) Scott Spencer.

2. Where does Jessie get the idea of "goodwill" from?
(a) Seeing that Evan was at home just relaxing while she was still selling lemonade.
(b) Realizing that Evan gave free cups of lemonade to the kids.
(c) Hearing that Evan and Paul told people the customers would be put into a lottery for a big prize if they bought lemonade.
(d) Seeing that Evan sold cups of lemonade for ten cents to the kids.

3. What is Evan's role in managing the stand in Chapter 3?
(a) He keeps the stand clean and organized.
(b) He takes care of the pouring and speaking with customers.
(c) He handles the money and gives change.
(d) He sits back and lets Scott do all the work.

4. Who are the 4 girls in second grade that make fun of Jessie?
(a) Beck, Lorelei, Carly, and Andrea.
(b) Becky, Lorelei, Andrea, and Eileen.
(c) Andrea, Carly, Eileen, and Megan.
(d) Carly, Eileen, Lorelei, and Samantha.

5. What is the biggest sale of the day for Jessie and Megan in Chapter 4?
(a) 12 cups from the neighborhood boys.
(b) 12 cups from Mrs. Pawley.
(c) They do not sell a single cup.
(d) 10 cups from Mrs. Treski.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jessie believe the new club in second grade is called?

2. What is swarming above the fruit bowl at Evan's house?

3. Upon first meeting Megan, Jessie remembers a piece of advice Evan had given her about social situations. What is this advice?

4. What is a "slump"?

5. In Chapter 4, what is one way Jessie considers getting Evan in trouble?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 4, the reader is provided with an encounter through Jessie's perspective. How does Jessie remember seeing Evan at the end of their first day of sales?

2. Why has the Treski family not put their old air conditioner in the trash?

3. Both Evan and Jessie make some strong arguments about who is right about their current lemonade war in Chapter 5. What are their arguments?

4. At the start of the novel, Evan is throwing a baseball up and down, and he thinks, "The thought that if he missed he'd probably break his nose made the game just interesting enough" (1). Why might he feel this way?

5. How does Jessie know where Evan got his lemonade for his second lemonade stand?

6. Why might math be an easier subject for Jessie?

7. Why do Jessie and Megan add snacks, hair braiding, and nail polishing to their stand?

8. What does Jessie mean when she says that "feelings" are her worst subject?

9. How does Evan know that Jessie is not going to enter the Labor Day Contest?

10. What difficulty does Evan have when it comes to selling lemonade?

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