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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Georgie meet Rosita?
(a) In the dorms.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the cafeteria.
(d) In Mary Angela's office.

2. What does Sister talk to Georgie about while he is sick?
(a) God.
(b) School.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Science.

3. What does Georgie do when he hears what happened o his rosebush after he first planted it?
(a) Plants some more seeds.
(b) Hides in the garden.
(c) Returns to plant it again.
(d) Cries in his room.

4. How does Georgie's mother feel about him missing so much school?
(a) She encourages it.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She doesn't care.
(d) She wants him to be happy.

5. What is so new to Georgie after leaving the grocery store?
(a) He has never been excited about anything before.
(b) He has never kept secrets from his mother before.
(c) He has never had a gift before.
(d) All of these.

6. What got broken before Georgie was taken to the hospital?
(a) His leg.
(b) His arm.
(c) His foot.
(d) His clavical.

7. Why does Georgie immediately recognize his winnings from the lottery?
(a) It is all from his daydreams.
(b) The roses are in his book.
(c) He has seen Steve's money.
(d) He saw them in the poster.

8. How long does Georgie have a fever?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 9 days.
(c) 3 days,
(d) 7 days.

9. Why does Georgie hide when Steve comes over?
(a) So he won't see his mother harassed.
(b) So he won't get teased.
(c) So he won't get beat.
(d) So he won't smell the drugs.

10. Who is the first person Georgie sees when he wakes up in the hospital?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A social worker.
(d) A cop.

11. Why does Georgie get worried about winning the lottery?
(a) There might be prizes he doesn't want.
(b) He will have to share.
(c) He is not old enough to gamble.
(d) Steve will accuse him of stealing.

12. Why does Georgie's mother not stop Steve from abusing her son?
(a) All of these.
(b) She doesn't want to lose Steve.
(c) She was abused as a child.
(d) She has an abusive nature.

13. Who waters the rosebush while Georgie is in the hospital?
(a) A gardener.
(b) The nurses.
(c) Mrs. Sims.
(d) The neighbors.

14. What does Georgie's mother say ruined her life?
(a) Going to prison.
(b) Quitting school.
(c) Having Georgie.
(d) Dating Steve.

15. What does Ellen ask Georgie to do at the beginning of the book?
(a) Say hello to his mother.
(b) Return a book.
(c) Be on time next time.
(d) Visit her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Georgie filled with when he leaves the grocery store?

2. What is wrong with the person Mr. Collier introduces Georgie to?

3. What happens to Georgie's rosebush the day after he plants it?

4. How did Mrs. Harper's son die?

5. Where does Georgie have injuries at the beginning of the book?

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